Strong Wind, Androscoggin
- When
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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, September 11 to 12, 2002
Strong and gusty, northwest winds developed behind a cold front that moved through the area. A 35 year-old construction worker was killed when the wind blew down a wall under construction at a high school in Windham around 5 pm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 and gusty, northwest winds developed behind a cold front that moved through the area. A 35 year-old construction worker was killed when the wind blew down a wall under construction at a high school in Windham around 5 pm. Winds also blew down trees and limbs onto power lines in many locations, causing scattered power outages. About 19,000 customers experienced power outages. Peak wind gusts were measured at 45 mph in Augusta, 43 mph in Sanford, 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 Sep 11, 3:50 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 3:50 PM EST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
450 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2002
.DISC...BASED ON LATEST OBS AND MODEL FCST SNDNGS XPC LOW LVL WNDS TO REACH
WND ADV CRIT FOR THE EVENING HOURS BFR DIMINISHING. QUIK UPDATE WIL B ISSUED
MOMENTARILY TO ISSUE WND ADV FOR ENTIRE FA. NIL OTHR CHNGES TO PREV PKGE.
MARINE: GALE WARNING CONTINUES.
KGYX...ME...WND ADV UNTIL MIDNGHT MEZ007>009/MEZ012>014/MEZ018>028
GLW.
NH...WND ADV UNTIL MIDNGHT NHZ001>010/NHZ013/NHZ014
GLW.
ESThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Central Somerset
- When
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Interior Waldo
- When
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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, Sagadahoc
- When
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM 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
- September 11, 4:00 PM EST to September 12, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Interior Cumberland | 2002-09-11 | 35 | Male | School | Direct |
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
- High Wind in New Jersey, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in New York, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in Connecticut, September 11, 2002
- Hail in New Mexico, September 11, 2002
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 11 to 12, 2002
- High Wind in Massachusetts, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in New York, September 11, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, September 11, 2002
- Tornado in Colorado, September 11, 2002
- High Wind in Rhode Island, September 11, 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: 5321040, 5321041, 5321042, 5321043, 5321044, 5321045, 5321046, 5321047, 5321048, 5321049, 5321050, 5321051, 5321052, 5321053, 5321054, 5321055, 5321056.