The storm that moved in Wednesday is finally coming to an end.
The National Weather Service expects that the rain will wrap up by sunrise Thursday morning. But the combination of rain and snowmelt has prompted a flood watch for the entire state.
“Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks,” the weather service said in an advisory.
Heavy winds also caused widespread power outages, with 62,202 customers without power across Versant Power’s service area and another 22,698 in Central Maine Power’s service area, as of 6:30 a.m.
Winds will remain stiff Thursday but far weaker than their peak overnight.
As we take stock of the storm’s impact, here’s where the most rain was recorded in eastern and northern Maine, as reported by the weather service office in Caribou. (Rainfall estimates weren’t available yet for western and southern Maine from the weather station in Gray.)
Aroostook
— Grand Isle, 2.98 inches
— Caribou, 2.42 inches
— Frenchville Airport, 2.40 inches
— Linneus, 2.15 inches
— Monticello, 2.14 inches
— Clayton Lake, 2.05 inches
— Houlton, 2.04 inches
— Fort Kent, 2.02 inches
— Caribou, 1.98 inches
— Westfield, 1.72 inches
— Presque Isle Airport, 1.63 inches
— Madawaska, 1.59 inches
— Woodland, 1.31 inches
— Nine-Mile Bridge, 1 inches
Hancock County
— Otis, 2.04 inches
— Brooksville, 1.65 inches
— Orland, 1.65 inches
— East Surry, 1.53 inches
— Blue Hill, 1.41 inches
— Naskeag, 1.24 inches
— Brooklin School, 1.22 inches
— Sedgwick Ridge, 1.22 inches
— Blue Hill, 1.20 inches
— Lamoine, 1.14 inches
— Acadia National Park, 1.07 inches
Penobscot County
— Dixmont, 2.69 inches
— Bangor International Airport, 2.54 inches
— Orrington, 2.33 inches
— Millinocket, 2.24 inches
— Eddington, 2.13 inches
— Millinocket, 2 inches
— Greenfield, 1.75 inches
— Kenduskeag, 1.56 inches
— Glenburn, 1.53 inches
— Hermon, 1.15 inches
Piscataquis County
— Kingsbury, 2.30 inches
— Shirley, 2.01 inches
— Greenville, 2 inches
— Abbot, 1.95 inches
— Moosehorn Crossing, 1.51 inches
Washington County
— Cooper, 1.56 inches
— Vanceboro, 1.36 inches
— Danforth, 1.06 inches
