Lightning, Cumberland
- When
- June 8, 4:40 AM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Cumberland Center
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 8, 1999
Lightning struck a home and ignited an early morning fire in the town of Cumberland. Lightning also struck a building at a wood products business in Wiscasset, igniting a fire.
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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 struck a home and ignited an early morning fire in the town of Cumberland. Lightning also struck a building at a wood products business in Wiscasset, igniting a fire. The fire destroyed a tower on the 60 ft. by 80 ft wooden structure used for storing sawdust.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:41 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Lincoln
- When
- June 8, 5:05 AM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Wiscasset
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- 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
- 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
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, 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: 5704083, 5704084.