Winter Storm Finn - Maine Storm Surge Summary

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary

National Weather Service Caribou ME

1112 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

0915 AM     Coastal Flood    1 SSW Tremont           44.24N 68.36W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Lopaus Point Rd inundated with several feet

            of fast-moving water, as seen on video on

            social media.

0915 AM     Coastal Flood    1 S Tremont             44.24N 68.35W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Dock house washed into the sea, as seen on

            videos on social media. Dock house was over

            100 years old.

0915 AM     Coastal Flood    4 SSW Brooklin          44.21N 68.60W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Sunshine Causeway inundated with 1-2 feet of

            water.

0920 AM     Coastal Flood    2 SE Milbridge          44.52N 67.86W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Public

            Chipmans Wharf destroyed.

0920 AM     Coastal Flood    Milbridge               44.53N 67.88W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Public

            Wyman Rd by Rt 1 under a few feet of water.

1125 AM     Coastal Flood    Roque Bluffs            44.62N 67.48W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Emergency Mngr

            State Park in Roque Bluffs is underwater

            with the dune gone. Johnson Cove Rd is

            underwater leaving people stranded on the

            other side. Rip rap is on the road. Side of

            Schoppee Point road partially collapsed.

            Three telephone poles down.

0915 AM     Coastal Flood    3 ENE Seal Harbor       44.32N 68.19W

01/12/2024                   Hancock            ME   Park/Forest Srvc

            Much of Ocean Path, a very popular trail in

            Acadia, destroyed.

0825 AM     Coastal Flood    3 NW Bar Harbor         44.42N 68.25W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Route 3 has water and debris on the road.

0843 AM     Coastal Flood    Seawall                 44.25N 68.30W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Trained Spotter

            Large rocks and water on Seawall Rd and is

            completely impassible.

0915 AM     Coastal Flood    2 NE Stonington         44.18N 68.64W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Oceanville Causeway flooded to at least 3

            feet deep and possibly over 4 feet deep from

            surge waters moving from south to north over

            the causeway, carrying large chunks of marsh

            and other debris.

0915 AM     Coastal Flood    1 SSW Seawall           44.24N 68.30W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Video shows an estimated 2-3 feet of water

            over Seawall Road with property damage and

            water beginning to inundate structures.

0918 AM     Coastal Flood    Machias                 44.72N 67.45W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   911 Call Center

            Updates previous coastal flood report from

            Machias. Dike in Machias is closed due to

            water overtopping the dike. Court St is

            flooded as a result.

0925 AM     Coastal Flood    Brewer                  44.80N 68.77W

01/10/2024                   Penobscot          ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Water coming over the banks behind the

            Seadog restaurant.

0930 AM     Coastal Flood    1 SSE Trenton           44.43N 68.37W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   911 Call Center

            Rt 3/Bar Harbor Road between Trenton and

            Mount Desert Island at least partially

            underwater with a lane closure.

0945 AM     Coastal Flood    1 NNE Swans Island      44.15N 68.45W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Broadcast Media

            Delayed report. Photo via social media

            showed a large section of a boat shop broke

            free and floating in the Swans Island

            harbor. Time estimated around High Tide.

0954 AM     Coastal Flood    Castine                 44.39N 68.80W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Boatyard under 5 to 10 feet of water with

            structures and vehicles inundated and

            sustaining damage.

1000 AM     Coastal Flood    Winter Harbor           44.39N 68.08W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Multiple structures inundated in downtown

            Winter Harbor.

1000 AM     Coastal Flood    4 WSW Sedgwick          44.29N 68.69W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Video shows approximately a foot of water

            over Little Deer Isle Rd at the southwestern

            end of the Deer Isle Bridge.

1000 AM     Coastal Flood    Orland                  44.57N 68.74W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Orland River out of its banks with

            inundation of a building near Castine Road.

            Flooding due to tidal surge up the river.

1013 AM     Coastal Flood    1 E Southwest Harbor    44.28N 68.31W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Delayed Report. Photo via social media

            showed 6-12 inches of flooding of the Clark

            Point Road point at the US Coast Guard

            Station.

1028 AM     Coastal Flood    Milbridge               44.54N 67.88W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Amateur Radio

            Corrects time of previous coastal flood

            report from Milbridge. Tidal flooding of the

            Narraguagus River in downtown Milbridge.

1030 AM     Coastal Flood    1 ENE Machias           44.72N 67.45W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            US-1 closed in Machias with at least a foot

            of water across the road. Photo shows

            vehicles and structures inundated.

1031 AM     Coastal Flood    5 S Milbridge           44.46N 67.88W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Amateur Radio

            Most piers destroyed in Pigeon Hill Bay.

1033 AM     Coastal Flood    1 WSW Seal Harbor       44.29N 68.26W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Trained Spotter

            Updates previous coastal flood report from 1

            WSW Seal Harbor. Rt 3/Peabody Rd completely

            washed out at Barley Beach/Little Long Pond.

1047 AM     Coastal Flood    1 SSE Addison           44.60N 67.74W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Emergency Mngr

            East Side Rd underwater.

1048 AM     Coastal Flood    Brewer                  44.79N 68.77W

01/10/2024                   Penobscot          ME   Public

            Delayed Report. Brewer waterfront park

            walking path inundated at the time of high

            tide.

1048 AM     Coastal Flood    1 NNW Milbridge         44.55N 67.89W

01/10/2024                   Washington         ME   Emergency Mngr

            Kansas Rd in Milbridge underwater.

1100 AM     Coastal Flood    Bangor                  44.80N 68.77W

01/10/2024                   Penobscot          ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Maine Judicial Center parking lot flooded

            due to upriver surge. Time estimated.

1100 AM     Coastal Flood    Bangor                  44.80N 68.77W

01/10/2024                   Penobscot          ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Parking garage flooding due to upriver

            surge. Propane tanks and dumpsters floated.

            Time estimated.

0120 PM     Coastal Flood    4 SSE Winter Harbor     44.34N 68.05W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Other Federal

            Big boulder on Schoodic Loop Rd with

            significant damage to the road. Lots of rip

            rap on the surface.

0300 PM     Coastal Flood    1 SSW Seawall           44.24N 68.30W

01/10/2024                   Hancock            ME   Trained Spotter

            Seawall Rd remains flooded with extensive

            damage to the road and subsurface.

0900 AM     Coastal Flood    3 SW Sorrento           44.47N 68.23W

01/10/2024                   ANZ052             ME   Trained Spotter

            Hancock Point pier washed out at high tide.

0905 AM     Coastal Flood    4 S East Surry          44.44N 68.47W

01/10/2024                   ANZ052             ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Road closed due to multiple trees and power

            lines down and surge overtopping road with

            small rocks.

0910 AM     Coastal Flood    4 WSW Sedgwick          44.28N 68.68W

01/10/2024                   ANZ052             ME   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Deer Isle Causeway closed due to water

            overtopping the causeway. Video from Deer

            Isle Fire Dept social media.

Winter Storm Gerri Event Summary

Storm Summary Number 3 for Midwest to Great Lakes Winter Storm

NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD

900 AM CST Sun Jan 14 2024

...Winter storm moving further away from the Great Lakes and New

England as lake-effect snow continues downwind from the Great

Lakes...

Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings are in effect

for portions of Michigan and upstate New York downwind from Lake

Erie and Lake Ontario, as well as portions of the western slopes

of the central Appalachians.

Wind Advisories are in effect for the interior northern

Mid-Atlantic into the central Appalachians and the lower Great

Lakes.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings

and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 AM CST...The deep low pressure system responsible for the

latest round of winter storm across the Midwest to the Great Lakes

continued to move farther away into southeastern Canada this

morning.  The associated snow across the Midwest and much of New

England had ended.  However, as a reinforcing surge of arctic air

pushing through the Appalachians this morning, brief periods of

snow squalls were impacting portions of central Pennsylvania and

into the panhandles of Maryland and West Virginia.  Meanwhile, as

the surge of arctic air was firmly in place across the Great

Lakes, lake-effect snow continued to fall across portions of

Michigan and upstate New York downwind from Lake Erie and Lake

Ontario under strong west-southwesterly winds with gusts locally

exceeding 60 mph.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM

CST Thu Jan 11 through 800 AM CST Sun Jan 14...

...MAINE...

SOLON 3.9 ESE                         4.0                    

HARTFORD 1.4 N                        3.9                    

EW SHARON 2.0 NW                      3.8                    

OXFORD 5.3 SW                         2.0                    

...MICHIGAN...

ISHPEMING 7.2 SW                     27.6                    

GRAND RAPIDS 2.9 NW                  17.5                    

WALKER 5.1 W                         16.5                    

OSSINEKE 1.0 NNE                     11.0                    

WHITE CLOUD 7.5 ENE                  10.4                    

WOODVILLE 5 SSE                      10.4                    

LOWELL 1 E                           10.0                    

ALTONA 3 N                            8.8                    

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...

CENTER SANDWICH 4.9 E                 5.1                    

ALBANY 2.8 SW                         4.6                    

TAMWORTH 0.4 NNW                      4.3                    

DANBURY 2.2 ESE                       2.3                    

...NEW YORK...

LOCKPORT 0.8 NE                      15.0                    

LOCKPORT 2.5 ESE                     13.3                    

NORTH TONAWANDA 1.0 NNE              12.5                    

BOSTON 2.5 NE                        11.1                    

ELMA CENTER 1.8 SE                   10.5                    

BUFFALO 3.7 SE                        5.2                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...

TIONESTA 7.3 SSE                      8.0                    

MARIENVILLE 5.3 W                     7.7                    

STRATTANVILLE 6.6 NE                  6.5                    

...VERMONT...

LUDLOW 3.4 S                          6.5                    

POMFRET 2.6 N                         5.5                    

WOODBURY 3.4 NNW                      5.3                    

STOWE 2.4 NNW                         5.0                    

MORGAN 6.7 SE                         4.7                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier

in the event...

...MASSACHUSETTS...

NEW BEDFORD MUNI ARPT                  63                    

...NEW YORK...

DUNKIRK/CHAUTAUQUA AIRPORT             76                    

BUFFALO/NIAGARA INTL ARPT              64                    

NIAGARA FALLS INTL ARPT                60                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...

PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENY CO. ARPT          59                    

...RHODE ISLAND...

WESTERLY STATE ARPT                    66                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the

event has ended...

...ILLINOIS...

LA SALLE 0.1 W                       20.7                    

GENESEO 2.0 NW                       17.9                    

HARVARD 4.4 NNE                      14.4                    

MOLINE 0.7 NNE                       14.0                    

BULL VALLEY 2.5 WNW                  13.6                    

BELVIDERE 5.0 NNW                    12.6                    

...INDIANA...

GOSHEN 3.0 WSW                        7.7                    

GRANGER 1.8 ENE                       7.5                    

LA PORTE 1.6 SW                       7.1                    

MILL CREEK 1.9 NNE                    7.1                    

MISHAWAKA 3.9 ENE                     6.3                    

SOUTH BEND 4.6 SE                     4.5                    

...IOWA...

AMES 2.1 WNW                         22.4                    

FAIRFIELD 5.7 NNE                    20.0                    

PARK VIEW 0.2 WSW                    15.8                    

OTTUMWA 2.2 ENE                      15.2                    

BETTENDORF 1.6 W                     13.5                    

BLOOMFIELD 4.2 WNW                   11.7                    

DES MOINES 4.1 N                      8.0                    

...KANSAS...

MORROWVILLE 4.8 SSW                   7.5                    

PALMER 6.9 SE                         6.0                    

HUNTER 2.1 NNW                        5.0                    

LEBANON 0.2 WNW                       5.0                    

SMITH CENTER 0.2 NW                   4.0                    

JAMESTOWN 2.4 NW                      3.5                    

NATOMA 6.7 NNE                        3.0                    

BREMEN 1 E                            2.0                    

...NEBRASKA...

LINCOLN 6.1 SSE                      13.0                    

PLATTE CENTER 3.2 NNE                12.0                    

FREMONT 0.6 S                        11.0                    

HASTINGS 1.8 N                        9.5                    

PAPILLION 1.2 WSW                     9.5                    

FREMONT 1.7 NW                        9.0                    

OMAHA 2.9 W                           9.0                    

ALBION 6.1 WSW                        8.8                    

VALLEY 1 WNW                          6.3                    

FORT CALHOUN 3 W                      6.1                    

ONEILL                                6.0                    

GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT                  5.7                    

MORRILL 10 S                          5.7                    

SEWARD                                5.2                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

HARRISBURG 0.8 NNE                    3.4                    

SIOUX FALLS 5.2 E                     3.4                    

CUSTER 5 ENE                          3.2                    

YANKTON                               3.0                    

GARRETSON 5.5 W                       2.5                    

CANTON 1 NNW                          2.1                    

NORRIS 2 SSW                          2.0                    

SWETT 2 WSW                           2.0                    

...WISCONSIN...

PEWAUKEE 3.2 W                       20.9                    

NEW BERLIN 3.4 NE                    19.9                    

GERMANTOWN 0.6 S                     18.0                    

MUKWONAGO 5.3 W                      17.2                    

HARTFORD 1.7 ESE                     17.0                    

JACKSON 0.2 WSW                      17.0                    

WAUKESHA 2.5 SE                      16.9                    

DEERFIELD 0.6 N                      16.4                    

ELKHORN 5.3 N                        16.3                    

JANESVILLE 2.7 NE                    16.3                    

ELKHART LAKE 6.8 NE                  16.0                    

LAKE GENEVA 0.6 ENE                  15.1                    

SAUKVILLE 0.9 SSW                    14.1                    

GREEN BAY 3.8 SSE                    14.0                    

COTTAGE GROVE 2.2 E                  13.6                    

Lake-effect snows, locally heavy and possibly accompanied with

squalls, are forecast to impact locations downwind from the Great

Lakes today.  Locally one to two feet of additional snowfall is

possible.  As the deep low pressure system continues to move

farther away into eastern Canada, the lake-effect snow is expected

gradually taper to lighter snow showers by Monday.  Winds are

expected to be not as strong on Monday but bitterly cold sub-zero

wind chill temperatures are forecast to remain in place through

the next few days.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction

Center at 900 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather

Service office for additional information on this event.

Kong

Weather summary

for Prince Edward Island

issued by Environment Canada

at 4:58 a.m. AST Sunday 14 January 2024.

Discussion.

An intense trough of low pressure that tracked across the Maritimes 

Saturday night produced strong winds to Prince Edward Island. 

The following is a summary of wind gusts reported by observing 

stations throughout Prince Edward Island in km/h: 

North Cape: 89 

Summerside: 83 

Charlottetown: 78 

East Point: 93 

Stanhope: 87 

Maple Plains: 87

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial 

information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/ASPC

Weather summary

for Nova Scotia

issued by Environment Canada

at 4:46 a.m. AST Sunday 14 January 2024.

Discussion.

An intense trough of low pressure that tracked across the Maritimes 

Saturday night produced very strong winds to exposed areas of Nova 

Scotia. In addition, high water levels and very large waves impacted 

the Atlantic coast. 

The following is a summary of wind gusts reported by observing 

stations throughout Nova Scotia in km/h: 

Yarmouth: 95 

Baccaro Point: 93 

Brier Island: 115 

Greenwood: 104 

Lunenburg: 96 

Osborne Head: 85 

Halifax Stanfield Airport: 89 

Beaver Island: 93 

Caribou Point: 96 

Hart Island: 89 

Eskasoni: 89 

Henry Island: 121 

Mabou 81 

Sydney: 83 

Les Suetes winds in western Cape Breton: 

St. Joseph du Moine: 150 

Grand Etang: 148 

Plateau (Cheticamp area): 145 

Cheticamp Island: 137

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial 

information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/ASPC

Winter Storm Gerri Update Two