Strong Wind, Androscoggin
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Maine, November 7, 2001
Strong, gusty, northwest winds downed limbs and some trees onto power lines causing scattered power outages. Power outages were reported in several communities, including Harrison, Otisfield, Norway, Paris, and Oxford.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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.
Strong, gusty, northwest winds downed limbs and some trees onto power lines causing scattered power outages. Power outages were reported in several communities, including Harrison, Otisfield, Norway, Paris, and Oxford. No estimate of the total number of customers affected was available. Peak wind gusts were measured at 44 mph in Brunswick and 40 mph in 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 Nov 7, 9:28 AM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 9:28 AM EST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
928 AM EST WED NOV 7 2001
LOW SLOWLY MOVG AWAY BUT ENUF GRADIENT TO KEEP THINGS SOMEWHAT
BREEZY THIS AFTN. FAIR AMT OF CLDS NRN/MTN ZNS TO SRN NH. WILL
UPDATE FCST AND TWEAK TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OTRW NO CHGS.
MARINE...WINDS GTSG NR 30 KTS. WILL CONT SCA.
GYX...ME...SCA.
NH...SCA.
JFRThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
18 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Central Somerset
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Coastal Waldo
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Coastal York
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Interior Cumberland
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Interior Waldo
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Interior York
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior York forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Kennebec
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Knox
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Lincoln
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Northern Franklin
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Northern Oxford
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Northern Somerset
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Sagadahoc
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Southern Franklin
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Southern Oxford
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Southern Somerset
- When
- November 7, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5273204, 5273205, 5273206, 5273207, 5273208, 5273209, 5273210, 5273211, 5273212, 5273213, 5273214, 5273215, 5273216, 5273217, 5273218, 5273219, 5273220, 5273221.