Flash Flood, Oxford
- When
- May 10, 4:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Oxford County, Roxbury
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Maine, May 10, 2000
One to three inches of rain caused the Swift River to rise out of its banks. 3 feet above the 7 ft flood level.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 1
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.
One to three inches of rain caused the Swift River to rise out of its banks. The river crested at 7.3 feet at 6:45 am, 0.3 feet above the 7 ft flood level. Minor flooding was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, May 10 to 11, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, May 10, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 10 to 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 10, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, May 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 10, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, May 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 10 to 11, 2000
- Flooding in New York, May 10 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 10, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, May 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, May 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: 5145503.