Lightning, Androscoggin
- When
- May 9, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin County, Livermore Falls
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, May 9, 1999
Lightning struck a slow-sand water filtration plant for the 6th time in 2 years
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
- $1,000
- 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 struck a slow-sand water filtration plant for the 6th time in 2 years
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 9, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, May 9 to 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9 to 23, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 9 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, May 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: 5701481.