Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- June 8, 12:27 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Skowhegan
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -69.720
Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 8, 1999
Severe thunderstorms moving through western and central Maine knocked over trees in Skowhegan and Jefferson, and dropped large hail in parts of Kennebec, Waldo, and Knox Counties.
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
- 7
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.
Severe thunderstorms moving through western and central Maine knocked over trees in Skowhegan and Jefferson, and dropped large hail in parts of Kennebec, Waldo, and Knox Counties.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:27 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kennebec
- When
- June 8, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec County, China
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.480, -69.520
Hail, Kennebec
- When
- June 8, 1:07 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec County, Albion
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -69.430
Hail, Waldo
- When
- June 8, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Waldo County, Liberty
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -69.300
Hail, Knox
- When
- June 8, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Knox County, Hope
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -69.150
Hail, Waldo
- When
- June 8, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Waldo County, Lincolnville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -69.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 8, 2:02 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Jefferson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -69.450
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Florida, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8 to 18, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 8, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, June 8, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 8, 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: 5704169, 5704166, 5704171, 5704172, 5704167, 5704170, 5704168.