Lightning, Cumberland
- When
- June 3, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Gorham
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, June 3, 2001
Lightning caused an estimated $30,000. in damage to a school in Gorham.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $30,000
- 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.
Lightning caused an estimated $30,000. in damage to a school in Gorham.
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 Jun 3, 8:15 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 8:15 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 915 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001 AGREE WITH PREV DSCN AND FCST...VRY MINOR TWEAK TO KEEP CURRENT THIS AFTN. WILL CONT SCA. TSTMS SRN TIER ZNS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS DYNAMICS INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD SVR WX. .GYX...SCA. AJS
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
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
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 3, 2001
- Flood and Hail in New York, June 3, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 3, 2001
- Hail in Arkansas, June 3, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 3, 2001
- High Wind in California, June 3, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 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: 5262499.