1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 4:30 AM EST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU MAINE 530 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 .SYNOPSIS...THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WILL EXIT INTO THE MARITIMES THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS MAINE SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW WITH DRIER WEATHER FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... REMAINS OF BONNIE CROSSING DOWNEAST COAST THIS MORNING WITH PRECIP EXITING AROUND 7AM. WSR88D PRECIP ESITMATES OF UP T0 0.75 INCHES IN THREE HOURS CORROBORATED BY 0.66 AT KBHB. RAINFALL WILL KEEP SMALL STREAMS AT OR A BIT OVERBANK BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AT THIS POINT...SO WILL LET FLOOD WARNING EXPIRE THIS MORNING. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWING WESTERLY FLOW FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH SLOW DRYING FROM SW TO NE ACROSS THE STATE. MORNING TEMPS STARTING OFF IN MID TO UPPER 60S SO EVEN LATE AFTERNOON SUN WILL PUSH TEMPS INTO UPPER 70S. COOLER TONIGHT AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO LOW TO MID 50S...HIGH/MID CLOUDS MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS BY SUN MORNING. MEDIUM RANGE (SUNDAY THROUGH MON NIGHT)... HURRICANE CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT CROSSES THE EASTERN CAROLINAS LATE TODAY. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE NORTH TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND TRANSITION TO A FRONTAL CYCLONE. ETA...GFS AND GEM ADVERTISE A TURN TOWARD THE RIGHT KEEPING THE LOW OFFSHORE WHILE THE UKMET BRINGS IT INLAND. TCP FAVORS THE INLAND SOLUTION. OUR CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE LOW CENTER WAS INITIALIZED TOO WEAK BY MOST OF THE MODELS AND THEREFORE RIGHT TURN MAY BE OVERDONE. STRONGER LOW WOULD GENERATE STRONGER CAA BEHIND THE LOW AS IT BECOMES FRONTAL AND STRONGER WAA AHEAD OF THE LOW...BACKING FLOW A BIT MORE AND KEEPING IT INLAND. POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN NORTH AND WEST OF TRACK SUN EVENING WITH LOW. LOW EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE OUT OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM (TUE THROUGH FRI)... GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO GFS SOLUTION FOR THIS PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE TO RIDGE OVER THE AREA ON TUE IN THE WAKE OF CHARLIE REMAINS. LOOKS LIKE A WARM FRONT COULD PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS WED/WED NIGHT. A BREAK IN SHOWERS ON THU IN WARM SECTOR. APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS THU NIGHT/FRI. GFS MOS TEMPS USED WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. && .AVIATION...VERLY LOW TO LOW IFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING IMPROVING TO MVFR BY LATE MORNING AND THEN VFR CIGS FOR THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN WITH DRIER AIR. && .MARINE... SMALL CRAFT WITH 4 TO 5 FOOT SEAS AT BUOYS THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG THINNING TO HAZE AS GRADUALLY DRIER AIR ARRIVES ON WEAK WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT LOCAL SEABREAZES BY LATE AFTERNOON. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MARINE...SCA. && SHORT TERM...COBB MEDIUM RANGE...BLOOMER LONG TERM...GABRIC AVIATION...CALDERON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 536 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-151000- CENTRAL PENOBSCOT ME-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS ME-CENTRAL WASHINGTON ME- COASTAL HANCOCK ME-COASTAL WASHINGTON ME-INTERIOR HANCOCK ME- NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME- NORTHERN SOMERSET ME-NORTHERN WASHINGTON ME-NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK ME- SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...BANGOR...BAR HARBOR... BAXTER ST PARK...BLUE HILL...BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...CARIBOU... CHERRYFIELD...CLAYTON LAKE...DANFORTH...DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN... DEXTER...DOVER-FOXCROFT...EAGLE LAKE...EASTPORT...ELLSWORTH... ESTCOURT STATION...FORT FAIRFIELD...FORT KENT...GREENVILLE... GUILFORD...HOULTON...HOWLAND...LIMESTONE...LINCOLN...MACHIAS... MADAWASKA...MILLINOCKET...MOUNT KATAHDIN...NEWPORT...OLD TOWN... PATTEN...PORTAGE...PRESQUE ISLE...RIPOGENUS...SAINT PAMPHILE... VAN BUREN AND VANCEBORO 536 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE REMNANT LOW FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MCB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1141 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 AM FLOOD WHITING 44.79N 67.18W
08/14/2004 WASHINGTON ME TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY PERSISTANT RAIN OVERNIGHT WASHED OUT PRIVATE ROAD.
1.93 INCHES OF PCPN OVERNIGHT...STORM TOTAL 4.41 INCHES.
1200 PM FLOOD MOUNT KATAHDIN 45.90N 68.92W
08/13/2004 PISCATAQUIS ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
BAXTER STATE PARK ROADS CLOSED...TRAVEL RESTRICTED ACROSS
SOUTH END OF PARK DUE TO DANGEROUS WATER CROSSINGS AND
FLOODED ROADS. ALPINE RANGER AT CHIMNEY POND CAMPGROUND
REPORTS 10+ INCHES OF PCPN FROM 0630/8/13 TO 0630/8/14.
RANGER AT ROARING BROOK CAMPGROUND REPORTS 8.1 INCHES FOR
SAME PERIOD.
&&
MATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1213 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLOOD SAINT AGATHA 47.24N 68.31W
08/14/2004 AROOSTOOK ME PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF FLOODED POTATO FIELDS BELOW US ROUTE 161
ALONG SAINT JOHN RIVER IN SAINT JOHN VALLEY. UNOFFICIAL
RAIN GAUGE REPORTS STORM TOTAL PCPN OF +-5 INCHES NEAR
SAINT DAVID, MAINE.
&&
MATThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie brought heavy rains to the region. Storm total precipitation generally ranged from 2 to 5 inches. Several rural roads were flooded or washed out...stranding some residents overnight.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, August 2004
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: 5419208.