Event narrative (NOAA)
Catastrophic flooding occurred along the Kennebec River at Skowhegan following heavy rain and snowmelt event on the 18th. Heavy rain averaging 5 inches fell across the entire Kennebec Valley, and in the mountains an additional 3 inches of snowmelt runoff resulted in major flooding for the Kennebec River and its headwater tributaries. In Madison, the flood exceeded the record event in 1987, however in Skowhegan the flood levels were a few feet lower. The streamflows were estimated around 178 kcfs which falls between a 100 and 500 year flood, otherwise referred to as a 1% and 0.2% annual chance exceedance event. The majority of the property flooding occurred on the east side of the river along Route 201, however homes along Winding Hill Road in Norridgewock also sustained significant flood d
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.