Lightning, Cumberland
- When
- July 3, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Gray
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, July 3, 2000
A lightning strike knocked out the regional communications center of the Maine State Police in Gray at about 7 pm. Radio service to the center was partially restored by about 10 pm.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
A lightning strike knocked out the regional communications center of the Maine State Police in Gray at about 7 pm. Radio service to the center was partially restored by about 10 pm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, July 3 to 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, July 2000
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: 5173093.