High Wind, Interior Cumberland
- When
- July 19, 9:00 PM EST to July 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Maine, July 19 to 20, 1996
High winds behind a strong cold front knocked down numerous trees causing about 15,000 customers to lose electricity.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
High winds behind a strong cold front knocked down numerous trees causing about 15,000 customers to lose electricity.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Interior Waldo
- When
- July 19, 9:00 PM EST to July 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Waldo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal Waldo
- When
- July 19, 9:00 PM EST to July 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Knox
- When
- July 19, 9:00 PM EST to July 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Maine in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, July 1996
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: 5578218, 5578219, 5578220, 5578221.