Flood, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- January 21, 9:45 AM EST to 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Maine, January 21, 2000
Minor coastal flooding occurred along the southwestern and mid-coast sections of Maine as a storm tide combined with an astromically high tide to push water levels to about a foot above normal. In Portland, the tide reached about a half foot over the 12 ft.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Minor coastal flooding occurred along the southwestern and mid-coast sections of Maine as a storm tide combined with an astromically high tide to push water levels to about a foot above normal. In Portland, the tide reached about a half foot over the 12 ft. flood level. The surge was caused by an intesifying storm in the Gulf of Maine.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Coastal Waldo
- When
- January 21, 9:45 AM EST to 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Coastal York
- When
- January 21, 9:45 AM EST to 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Knox
- When
- January 21, 9:45 AM EST to 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lincoln
- When
- January 21, 9:45 AM EST to 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Sagadahoc
- When
- January 21, 9:45 AM EST to 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maryland, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Connecticut, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 21 to 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5132814, 5132815, 5132816, 5132817, 5132818, 5132819.