Flood Warning in Cumberland County, Maine
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
12/20/2023 3:27:00 AM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
12/20/2023 3:27:00 AM until 12/21/2023 11:40:00 PM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/gray.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Maine...
Androscoggin River Near Auburn affecting Androscoggin, Cumberland
and Sagadahoc Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Androscoggin River near Auburn.
* WHEN...Until late tomorrow evening.
* IMPACTS...Center Street in Auburn flooded near North River Road.
Flooding of numerous properties off Main Street, Newbury Street,
and Riverside Drive in Auburn. In Lewiston, flooded roads include
Oxford Street at Cedar Street, River Street at Oxford Street, Nel
Court, Tall Pines Drive from North Woods to Strawberry Avenue,
Switzerland Road at St. Peter`s Cemetery to Gulf Island Avenue,
Lincoln Drive and Lincoln Terrace, and River Road at Ferry Road.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:15 AM EST Wednesday the stage was 20.2 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 3:15 AM EST Wednesday was 20.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 20.2
feet this morning. It will then fall below flood stage
tomorrow afternoon.
- Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
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