Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- August 7, 3:47 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, South Portland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.633, -70.250
Damaging Wind in Maine, August 7, 2001
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees in South Portland.
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
- 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.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees in South Portland.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 1:29 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 1:29 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 229 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001 BUSY GEARING FOR CONVECTION & PSBL SVR WX. WL KP CHC POPS ACRS THE FA FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WL INCLUDE CHC TSTM POPS DURG THE MID/LT AFTN HRS WED AS WEAK IMPULSE PASSES OVR FA. SHRA CUD LAST INTO THE EVE AS WELL. WED...PSG OF WEAK TROF & VCNTY OF WARM FNT WL ALLOW FOR ISOLD/SCT TSTMS FM MID AFTN ON. S/W WL ALLOW FOR MORE SCT CONVECTION THU AFTN...W/ THE BEST CHC FOR PCPN IN THE MTNS & IN THE PENOBSCOT RVR VLY. WL OMIT FM REST OF FA FOR NOW. PTCHY BR LT AT NGT EA NGT. XTND...TEMPS FINALLY COOL TO NEAR SEASONABLE LVLS BY THE WEEKEND. MARINE...NO FLAGS. SW GRDNT TO PICK UP CONSIDERABLE BY FRI. .GYX... ME...NIL. NH...NIL. JC
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Minnesota, August 7 to 8, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 7, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, August 7 to 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 7, 2001
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 7, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 7, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 7, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 7, 2001
- Tornado in Mississippi, August 7, 2001
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, August 7, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, August 7 to 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 7, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, August 2001
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: 5263361.