Damaging Wind in Maine, July 3, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Maine, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T19:00
End: 2002-07-03T19:00
Location: Maine

July 3, 2002 · NWS GYX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked over several dozen trees in the town of St. Albans.

Where it happened

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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 dozen trees in the town of St. Albans. In addition, an above ground pool was demolished and a metal storage shed was tossed into the woods. One person was injured when a tree fell on her car, and a second car left the road to avoid debris.

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 3, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
215 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

HOT AND HUMID WX CONTINUES...RELIEF IN SIGHT.
A COLD FRONT FROM CANADA WILL THRU THE AREA LATE THU AND THU NGT
BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR.  AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS XPCTD TO DVLP OVR
THE RGN FRI AND NOT MOVE OUT UNTIL SUN.  A SHT WAVE IN THE NW FLOW
BEHND THE DEPARTING TROF IS FCST FOR TUE.

ANOTHER WARM STICKY NIGHT AND HOT DAY THU.  WILL KEEP CHCY TSTMS IN
FCST FOR THU AFTN AND NGT WITH FRNT.  ON FRI WILL HAVE CHCY SHWRS
MTNS ZNS AND PTLY SUNNY ELSW.  CHCY SHWRS ALL SCTNS SAT...AND AGAIN
TUE.  MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE.

OFFSHR...WINDS AND SEAS BLO SCA.

KGYX...ME...NIL.
       NH...NIL.

JFR

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset

When: July 3, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Somerset County, St Albans
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.917, -69.400

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

Every storm in Maine in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Maine, July 2002

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: 5309616.