Hail, Aroostook
- When
- July 28, 1:17 PM EST
- Where
- Aroostook County, 15 mi W of Clayton Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 46.620, -69.830
The hail stripped leaves from trees.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, July 28, 1999
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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.
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 168 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Aroostook
- When
- July 28, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Aroostook County, St Francis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -68.920
Hail, Penobscot
- When
- July 28, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, Shin Pond
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -68.550
Several tree limbs were also snapped off by strong winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Aroostook
- When
- July 28, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Aroostook County, Houlton
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -67.830
Windows were blown out of a house.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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, July 28 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Illinois, July 28 to 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 28 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Minnesota, July 28 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Nebraska, July 28 to 29, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 28, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Iowa, July 28 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, July 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5712866, 5712867, 5712962, 5712963.