High Wind, Coastal Hancock
- When
- June 8, 1:40 AM EST to 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Hancock forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Maine, June 8, 2006
A tight pressure gradient between high pressure across the maritime provinces and low pressure offshore of the southern New England coast produced strong winds along the Downeast coast. Winds gusted in excess of 55 mph at times.
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 CAR wrote it up.
A tight pressure gradient between high pressure across the maritime provinces and low pressure offshore of the southern New England coast produced strong winds along the Downeast coast. Winds gusted in excess of 55 mph at times. The strong winds snapped branches...and toppled some trees and powerlines in both Ellsworth and Southwest Harbor causing power outages.
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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 1:07 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:07 AM EST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 207 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL LIFT NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT AND PASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY THURSDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH CONTINUED INCLEMENT WEATHER INTO THE WEEKEND. && .UPDATE/OVERNIGHT/... UPDATED COASTAL ZONES FOR A HIGH WIND WARNING TIL EARLY MORNING HRS. RAINWISE SITES & BUFKIT PROFILES SUPPORTING WINDS GETTING NEAR WARNING CRITERIA. STRONGEST WINDS RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. && .MARINE... NO CHGS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL LIFT NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT AND PASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY THURSDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH CONTINUED INCLEMENT WEATHER INTO THE WEEKEND. SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... UPDATE TO INCLUDE WIND ADVISORY FOR COASTAL ZONES. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO PICKUP ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST...WITH SPOTTER REPORTS OF SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 47 MPH. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MEZ029-030 UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ050 UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY. && UPDATE...HEWITT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:52 AM EST, 20 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 552 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 ANZ050-MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-081000- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 552 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE DOWNEAST REGION LATER TODAY AND OVERSPREAD NORTHERN MAINE TONIGHT. THE RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY ACROSS EASTERN MAINE TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HEWITT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 8, 2006
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 8 to 22, 2006
- Flash Flood in Colorado, June 8, 2006
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Utah, June 8, 2006
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 8, 2006
- Hail in South Carolina, June 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 8, 2006
- Hail in Michigan, June 8, 2006
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 8, 2006
More
Every storm in Maine in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 2006
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: 5517434.