Thunderstorm Wind, Piscataquis
- When
- July 5, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Piscataquis County, Abbot Vlg
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -69.450
Trees and powerlines were downed with reports of scattered power outages.
Damaging Winds in Maine, July 5, 1999
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 5
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Penobscot
- When
- July 5, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, Newport
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -69.270
Trees and powerlines were downed with reports of scattered power outages.
Funnel Cloud, Penobscot
- When
- July 5, 4:45 AM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, 10 mi NE of Bangor
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Penobscot
- When
- July 5, 4:45 AM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, Bangor
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -68.770
Numerous reports of snapped branches...downed trees...downed utility poles and power lines from across the city.
Thunderstorm Wind, Penobscot
- When
- July 5, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, Orono
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -68.670
A 100 year old maple tree was uprooted causing minor damage to the roof of an adjacent house as it fell.
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 5 to 29, 1999
- Heat and Hail in North Carolina, July 5 to 25, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1999
- Heat in Massachusetts, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 5, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5712853, 5712854, 5712855, 5712856, 5712857.