Lightning, York
- When
- June 24, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- York County, Acton
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, June 24, 1999
Lightning ignited a brush fire in Acton. Firefighters had to hike almost to the top of Gerrish Mountain packing water on their backs to fight the fire which threatened to spread due to the dry conditions.
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
- 1
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.
Lightning ignited a brush fire in Acton. Firefighters had to hike almost to the top of Gerrish Mountain packing water on their backs to fight the fire which threatened to spread due to the dry conditions.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 24, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, June 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 24, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 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: 5704153.