Lightning, Hancock
- When
- June 7, 10:35 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Trenton
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning strike resulted in a steeple fire resulting in minor damage.
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 7 to 8, 1999
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 168 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Hancock
- When
- June 7, 10:45 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Northeast Harbor
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning strike resulted in a fire that destroyed a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Penobscot
- When
- June 8, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, Bangor
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -68.770
Several trees downed resulting in power outages.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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 Pennsylvania, June 7 to 9, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, June 7, 1999
- Heat in Texas, June 7, 1999
- Heat in Virginia, June 7 to 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 7, 1999
- Heat in Maryland, June 7 to 9, 1999
- Heat in Delaware, June 7 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 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: 5698797, 5698798, 5698796.