Thunderstorm Wind, Aroostook
- When
- August 25, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Aroostook County, Ft Kent
- Coordinates
- 47.250, -68.600
Damaging Wind in Maine, August 25, 1996
, destroyed a farm machinery shed, and knocked over two utility buildings at a radio transmitter site.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Winds from a severe thunderstorm lifted a section of roofing and carried it nearly 100 ft., destroyed a farm machinery shed, and knocked over two utility buildings at a radio transmitter site.
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 1996
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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: 5578703.