High Wind, Androscoggin
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Maine, March 22, 1999
High winds associated with a strong low pressure system moving north across eastern New York State and western New England downed trees onto wires, causing utility poles to snap. About 57,000 customers lost electrical service during the storm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 24 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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.
High winds associated with a strong low pressure system moving north across eastern New York State and western New England downed trees onto wires, causing utility poles to snap. About 57,000 customers lost electrical service during the storm. Several roads throughout the area were temporarily closed until debris could be cleared. A tree fell onto a vehicle on Rt. 11 in Poland, injuring the driver. Peak wind gusts included 72 mph in Cape Elizabeth, 67 mph on Monhegan Island, and 60 mph in Poland.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
24 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Penobscot
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Penobscot forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Central Somerset
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Somerset forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal Hancock
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Hancock forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal Waldo
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal Washington
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Washington forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal York
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior Cumberland
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior Hancock
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Hancock forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior Waldo
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Waldo forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior Washington
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Washington forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior York
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior York forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kennebec
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Knox
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Franklin
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Oxford
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oxford forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sagadahoc
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Franklin
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Oxford
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Penobscot
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Somerset
- When
- March 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Massachusetts, March 22, 1999
- Storm Surge in Maine, March 22, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 22 to 23, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, March 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 22 to 23, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, March 22, 1999
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, March 22 to 24, 1999
- Flood and Strong Wind in Connecticut, March 22 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, March 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: 5703231, 5703232, 5703233, 5703234, 5703235, 5703236, 5703237, 5703238, 5703239, 5703240, 5703241, 5703242, 5703243, 5703244, 5703245, 5703246, 5703247, 5703248, 5703249, 5703250, 5703251, 5703252, 5703253, 5703254.