Strong Wind, Androscoggin
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 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, March 10, 2002
Strong, gusty west winds downed limbs onto power lines causing scattered power outages. Peak wind gusts were measured at 51 mph in Sanford and 43 mph in Portland and Wiscasset.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- 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
- 6
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 west winds downed limbs onto power lines causing scattered power outages. Peak wind gusts were measured at 51 mph in Sanford and 43 mph in Portland and Wiscasset. The strong winds developed behind a cold front that moved through the area early in the day.
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 Mar 10, 2:41 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:41 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 241 AM EST SUN MAR 10 2002 CDFNT NOW CROSSING INTO WRN NH AND WL BE AT THE ERN END OF OUR FA BY 12Z. NRN END OF THE LINE OF TSTMS APPR TO BE FALLING APART AS INDCTED BY LGTNG DISPLAY. MODELS SHW STRNGST WNDS ARE AHD OF THE FRNT WTH OBS SHWG ARND 20G35KT. 20 TO 30 KT WNDS BHND THE FNT DURG THE DAY TODAY WTH CAA. LOOK FOR SOME CLRG BHND THE FNT WTH FALLING TEMPS. SCT SNSHWRS IN THE MTNS BUT NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUM. GENLY CLR SKIES TNGT AND MON BUT CLDS START TO FILTER IN FRM THE W MON NGT FOR A CHC OF SOME SNW N AND SNW OR RAIN S AS ANOTHER LOW EMERGES THE GTLAKES AND HEADS FOR NRN ME TUE NGT. .GYX... ME...GLW. NH...GLW. TEB
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 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 York
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 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
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 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 York
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 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, Sagadahoc
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (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
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 10, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 10 to 11, 2002
- High Wind in New York, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in Vermont, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in Vermont, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 10, 2002
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in Delaware, March 10, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 10, 2002
More
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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: 5287446, 5287447, 5287448, 5287449, 5287450, 5287451.