Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- August 9, 10:13 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Naples
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.967, -70.600
Damaging Wind in Maine, August 9, 2001
Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees in Naples.
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 numerous trees in Naples.
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 9, 7:40 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:40 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 840 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001 SYNOPSIS...VERY WARM AND HUMID SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY. ZONES...WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF HAIL...BUT WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER OVER EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THIS CLUSTER HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK. CLUSTER IS TRACKING EAST AT 27 KTS AND LEADING EDGE WILL CROSS THE BORDER INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AROUND 01Z. INCREASED POPS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND LOWERED POPS IN THE NORTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. ALSO LOWERED OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SOME LOCATIONS BASED ON DEW POINTS. PWMWRKZFP AVAILABLE FOR COORDINATION. MARINE...SW WINDS COULD INCREASE TO MINIMAL SCA CRITERIA AHEAD OF THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PWMWRKCWF AVAILABLE FOR COORDINATION. FCSTID = 7 .GYX... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. WHEELER
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:13 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 9, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, August 9, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 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: 5263375.