Hail, Oxford
- When
- June 12, 2:07 PM EST
- Where
- Oxford County, Brownfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -70.900
Hail in Maine, June 12, 1997
Severe thunderstorms moving through Oxford and Cumberland Counties dropped 3/4 inch hail in Brownfield, Bridgton, and Gorham. Lightning from the storm caused about 8000 customers to lose electrical service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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.
Severe thunderstorms moving through Oxford and Cumberland Counties dropped 3/4 inch hail in Brownfield, Bridgton, and Gorham. Lightning from the storm caused about 8000 customers to lose electrical service.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:07 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- June 12, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Bridgton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -70.700
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- June 12, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Gorham
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -70.430
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5624867, 5624868, 5624869.