New Hampshire, 2011Flooding in New Hampshire, April 27 to 30, 2011
April 27 to 30, 2011 · NWS GYX · 7 events in 2 counties and zones
A stationary front located along the Canadian border provided a focus for heavy rain to develop during the evening of April 26. Up to 3 inches of rain fell in far northern New Hampshire.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
A stationary front located along the Canadian border provided a focus for heavy rain to develop during the evening of April 26. Up to 3 inches of rain fell in far northern New Hampshire. This caused rivers and streams to rise to minor or moderate flood levels.
What forecasters said that day
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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 27, 2:09 AM EST, 9 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:09 AM EST, 9 hours 13 minutes before
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- When
- April 27, 11:22 AM EST to April 28, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Coos County, 0.43 mi NW of North Stratford to 0.56 mi NW of North Stratford
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 44.754, -71.626
Heavy rain and snow melt caused flooding on the Connecticut River at North Stratford (flood stage 13.0 ft), which crested at 14.9 ft.
Flood, Coos
- When
- April 27, 4:05 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coos County, 1.35 mi WSW of Dalton to 1.14 mi W of Dalton
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 44.413, -71.706
Heavy rain and snow melt caused flooding on the Connecticut River at Dalton (flood stage 17.0 ft), which crested at 22.1 ft.
Flood, Grafton
- When
- April 28, 1:30 AM EST to April 30, 8:48 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County, 0.57 mi ENE of Woodsville to 0.46 mi NE of Woodsville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 44.152, -72.039
Heavy rain and snow melt caused flooding on the Connecticut River at Woodsville (flood stage 11.0 ft), which crested at 13.6 ft.
Flood, Grafton
- When
- April 28, 1:30 AM EST to April 30, 8:48 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County, 0.57 mi ENE of Woodsville to 0.46 mi NE of Woodsville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 44.152, -72.039
Heavy rain and snow melt caused flooding on the Connecticut River at Woodsville (flood stage 11.0 ft), which crested at 13.6 ft.
Flood, Grafton
- When
- April 28, 1:21 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County, 1.84 mi NNW of (Leb)lebanon Rgnl Ar to 1.76 mi NNW of (Leb)lebanon Rgnl Ar
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 43.654, -72.316
Heavy rain and snow melt caused flooding on the Connecticut River at West Lebanon (flood stage 18.0 ft), which crested at 19.7 ft.
Flood, Coos
- When
- April 28, 1:25 PM EST to April 29, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Coos County, 0.93 mi N of Gorham to 0.58 mi ENE of Gorham
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 44.393, -71.170
Heavy rain and snow melt caused flooding on the Androscoggin River at Gorham (flood stage 8.0 ft), which crested at 9.2 ft.
Flood, Grafton
- When
- April 28, 6:03 PM EST to 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County, 0.19 mi N of Woodstock to 0.18 mi E of Woodstock
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 43.983, -71.680
Heavy rain and snow melt caused a brief period of minor flooding on the Pemigewasset River at Woodstock (flood stage 9.0 ft), which crested at 9.1 ft.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 302163, 302157, 302167, 302168, 302170, 302176, 302180.