“It’s been over a month now where these low-pressure systems are just going around and continuing to cross our area,” Baron said. Residents in Vermont saw historic flooding last week, causing damage to roads, homes and businesses and leading to the drowning of a man in Barre, a city of about 8,500 people in the central part of the state.Įarlier in the day, National Weather Service meteorologist Stephen Baron said weather models have been consistently showing that Maine will likely continue to see more rainy weather through the end of July. There were five motor vehicle crashes in Portland on Sunday, but no injuries, Doherty said Sunday afternoon. “But the damage was minimum and there were no injuries.” “Motorists have taken side streets to avoid downed limbs,” he added. We’ve had some trees down on Hamblet Street and Sherwood Street.” Baxter Boulevard had a large amount of water,” he said. “There is water pooling in various roads. Robert Doherty said the city wasn’t experiencing any major flooding problems Sunday. The balloon showed that the moisture content in the air above us was holding a precipitable water value of 2.34 – higher than the previous record of 2.26 set on Aug. It provided information about the record breaking total atmospheric water vapor in the air above Maine and the reason for some of the torrential downpours and flash flooding. Tubbs said the National Weather Service launched a weather balloon in Gray around 7 a.m. Monday’s forecast for Portland calls for partly sunny skies, highs near 80 and humid, dry conditions.Ī flood warning will remain in effect through around 6 a.m. Tubbs said Sunday night that the storm had started to move eastward, but that scattered showers and thunderstorms were still possible late Sunday. It also said that Upper Swallow, Hebron and Elm Hill roads were flooded. South Paris Fire and Rescue said on its Facebook page Sunday night that High Street had washed away and will remain closed until Monday morning. There were no reports of vehicle damage or injuries as a result of the flooding. Authorities reported flooding and impassable roads in several Oxford County communities, including South Paris, Bridgton, Norway, Bethel, Lovell and Mexico.
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