Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 24, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Rangeley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.967, -70.633
Damaging Wind in Maine, July 24, 2001
Winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked over several trees in the town of Rangeley.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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.
Winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked over several trees in the town of Rangeley.
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 Jul 24, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 202 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2001 .DISC...SCAT SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE TO DVLP IN ADVC OF SFC FRNT AND IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME HTG. A FEW CELLS MAY CONTAIN STRNG WNDS AND HAIL THRU THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MNTION THE POTENTIAL IN NEW PUBLIC PKGE. 2NDRY FRONT DROPS S ACRSS FA LATE WED/WED NGHT WTH BEST CHC OF A SHRA CONFINED TO HIGHER TERRAIN OF NRTHRN NH AND WSTRN ME. ALTHO WE WIL BE A BIT DRIER ON WED FOLLOWING 1ST FROPA...NOTICEABLY COOLER AIR AND NEGATIVE TEMP DEPARTURES WON'T ARRIVE UNTIL 2NDRY CROSSES FA. SUM CLOUD SHUD LINGER ACRSS AREA ON THU IN ASSC WTH 2NDRY FRONT WTH CLRING FROM N TO S AS SFC HI NOSES SE INTO REGION. .CSTAL WTRS...BASED ON LATEST BUOYS AND 12Z NUMERICALS I XPC WNDS TO REMAIN AT OR NR SCA ACRSS THE WATERS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THEN WNDS/SEAS SHUD SETTLE DWN BLO SCA FOR REMAINDER OF THE SHRT TERM. WRKZZFP/CWF AVBL ON "A" .GYX... ME...SCA. NH...SCA.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 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 Pennsylvania, July 24 to 25, 2001
- Wildfire in California, July 24 to 31, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Iowa, July 24, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 24 to 25, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 24, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 24, 2001
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, July 24, 2001
- Flood in Alaska, July 24 to 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Maine, July 24, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 24 to 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 24 to 25, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, July 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: 5262498.