Lightning, Somerset
- When
- September 9, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, 5 mi E of Lake Moxie
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, September 9, 2001
Lightning was believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed about two and a half acres of forest in Squaretown Township about seven miles southwest of Greenville.
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
- 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.
Lightning was believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed about two and a half acres of forest in Squaretown Township about seven miles southwest of Greenville.
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 Sep 9, 8:59 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 8:59 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 959 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001 BERMUDA HI CONTS TO KEEP US DRY AND WARM. WL WATCH FOR NEW HI TEMP RECORDS. NO UPDATE ANTICIPATED. .GYX... ME...NIL. NH...NIL. TEB
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- High Surf in Hawaii, September 9 to 11, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Florida, September 9 to 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, September 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: 5267634.