Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- August 8, 7:38 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Embden
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.917, -69.850
Damaging Wind in Maine, August 8, 2001
Thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple trees in Embden.
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 a couple trees in Embden.
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 8, 7:30 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 7:30 PM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 830 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001 ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST. ALSO INCREASED SKY COVER TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND REMOVED MENTION OF PATCHY FOG. FCSTID = 7 .GYX... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. WHEELER
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 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 New York, August 8 to 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, August 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 8, 2001
- Heat in North Carolina, August 8, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 8, 2001
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 8, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 8, 2001
- Heat in New York, August 8 to 9, 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: 5263364.