Maine Tornado Strikes July 21 Video

Severe weather from Carroll County to Cumberland County. Limerick, Maine was one of the hardest hit areas according to Fox News. People were reporting the whizzing noises and crashing. Gorham, Maine was heavily hit and some unable to get to their homes because of trees down and power outages. One woman reported she was picked up into the air but was able to relate her experience with little physical problems. There were reported over 13, 000 lightening strikes. Damaging winds of up to 60 miles an hour and heavy rainfall toppled areas.

Video of the tornado that was reeking havoc , July 21, 2010, in Maine, was posted from a car window off Route 2, Western, Maine.

Described as a violently whirling column of air extending downward and seen as a rapidly rotating, slender, funnel shaped cloud that has a wind velocity of up to 300 miles per hour, a tornado has such intense wind speeds, it can destroy everything along its narrow ground path.




Tornadoes and Maine:

The tornadoes experienced in history in Maine have been generated by severe summer storms. The southwestern and central sections of Maine have been most often affected. Because of Maine's sparse population, they have not been significant amounts of property damage or personal injury. And of course mobile homes are most vulnerable to substantial damage.

Maine averages 1 to 2  tornadoes per year, typically touching down in uninhabited wooded areas. A tornado touched down in Phippsburg on Thanksgiving Day 2005, which caused damage to trees and coastal homes and camps. In both 2009 and 2010, tornadoes were verified in Aroostook and in Oxford County, Maine.


What You Should  Look For… Environmental Clues:

Tornadoes can often occur with very little advance warning. The best way is to be prepared, stay tuned to television and radio for emergency messages from the National Weather Service. NWS messages may give as little as 4-10 minutes warning before a tornado forms. Be alert for:

•Dark, often greenish sky

•Wall cloud

•Large hail

•Loud roar, similar to a freight train

Note that some tornadoes appear as a visible funnel extending only partially to the ground. Some are clearly visible while other are obscured by rain or nearby low-hanging clouds

Tornado Safety:

At the earliest warning, please go into a below ground areas at the earliest warning with flashlights and a radio and to remain there until informed that tornado danger has passed. Manufactured (mobile) homes are especially vulnerable and mobile home residents are urged to evacuate to the nearest frame home with a basement.

If an underground shelter is not available, move to an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor and get under a sturdy piece of furniture.

•Stay away from windows.

•Get out of automobiles. Do not try to outrun a tornado in your car; instead, leave it immediately.

•If caught outside or in a vehicle, lie flat in a nearby ditch or depression.
 
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