Thunderstorm Wind, Oxford
- When
- August 11, 11:32 AM CST
- Where
- Oxford County
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -70.780
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maine, August 11, 1971
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cumberland
- When
- August 11, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -70.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Oxford
- When
- August 11, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Oxford County
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -70.500
Tornado, Somerset
- When
- August 11, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -69.900
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in New York, August 11, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 11, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 11, 1971
- Hail in Texas, August 11, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 11, 1971
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10044857, 10044858, 10044859, 10044860.