Tornado, Kennebec
- When
- June 21, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec County, Rome
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -69.850
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 21, 1997
A severe thunderstorm with gusty winds moved through Kennebec County into Waldo County causing damage to numerous trees along its path. Winds gusted to 71 mph at the Waterville Airport.
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
- 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.
A severe thunderstorm with gusty winds moved through Kennebec County into Waldo County causing damage to numerous trees along its path. Winds gusted to 71 mph at the Waterville Airport. A small tornado touched down briefly near the town of Rome and snapped and uprooted numerous trees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kennebec
- When
- June 21, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec County, Waterville Arpt
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -69.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Waldo
- When
- June 21, 4:38 PM EST
- Where
- Waldo County, Liberty
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -69.300
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Heat in Illinois, June 21 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 21 to 22, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 21 to 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 21, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 21, 1997
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 21, 1997
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 21, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, June 21 to 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 21, 1997
- Dust Storm and Lightning Strike in Oregon, June 21 to 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Maine in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Maine, 1997Warnings in Maine, June 1997
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: 5624972, 5624970, 5624971.