Thunderstorm Wind, Strafford
- When
- September 24, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Strafford County, Milton
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph) estimated gust
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.417, -71.000
Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, September 24, 2006
Strong winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms toppled a tree onto a car in the town of Milton. The 21-year-old female driver of the car from Milton Mills was killed in the incident.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 1
- 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.
Strong winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms toppled a tree onto a car in the town of Milton. The 21-year-old female driver of the car from Milton Mills was killed in the incident. According to police, no other trees fell in the area.
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 24, 8:35 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 8:35 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 952 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 ANZ150-170-MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-251400- STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- WATERS FROM STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA FROM 25 TO 40 NM-NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 952 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR...WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN LOCALIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE THREAT AREA IS ALL OF WESTERN MAINE AND MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. GALE WARNINGS REMAIN UP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 8:28 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1201 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 MEZ012-NHZ002>009-241730- BELKNAP-MERRIMACK-NORTHERN CARROLL-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN OXFORD-SULLIVAN- 1201 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY...SULLIVAN COUNTY...MERRIMACK COUNTY...OXFORD COUNTY...GRAFTON COUNTY...CARROLL COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY THROUGH 130 PM... AT NOONTIME...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF VERMONT. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO RACE EAST AT 50 MPH. IT WILL QUICKLY CROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM BEFORE REACHING THE WESTERN BORDER OF MAINE SHORLTY THEREAFTER. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. JC
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 12:14 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 114 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 MEZ012-NHZ002>004-241800- NORTHERN CARROLL-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN OXFORD- 114 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY...GRAFTON COUNTY... CARROLL COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 114 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR LINCOLN IN GRAFTON COUNTY...NEW HAMPSHIRE...MOVING EAST...NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WOODSTOCK...LINCOLN...LIVERMORE...CRAWFORD NOTCH...PINKHAM NOTCH...JACKSON...CHATHAM...STOWE...SWEDEN AND LOVELL THROUGH 200 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. JC
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 12:40 PM EST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 140 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 MEZ012-018>020-023-024-NHZ004-006-008>010-013-014-241845- ANDROSCOGGIN-BELKNAP-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-INTERIOR YORK-MERRIMACK-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN OXFORD-STRAFFORD- 140 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...BELKNAP COUNTY...STRAFFORD COUNTY...MERRIMACK COUNTY...OXFORD COUNTY...YORK COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND CARROLL COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 140 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF STONEHAM TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF BETHEL TO 6 MILES WEST OF HENNIKER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND STOWE...STONEHAM...WARNER...TAMWORTH...SANDWICH...SALISBURY...NORTH CONWAY...MOULTONBOROUGH...MEREDITH AND HILL THROUGH 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MARINE
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 1:22 PM EST, 8 minutes before
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The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Strafford | 2006-09-24 | 21 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 24, 2006
- Strong Wind in New York, September 24, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, September 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 24, 2006
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, September 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 24, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 24, 2006
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 24, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 24, 2006
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 24, 2006
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, September 24, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Maine, September 24, 2006
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, September 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5533888.