Power Outage in Rumford, ME

Severe thunderstorm outflow wind gusts downed trees and powerlines near the Sacopee Valley Elementary School. .

A severe thunderstorm downed tree limbs and power lines on Route 232 in North Woodstock.

A severe thunderstorm snapped trees and power poles in Porterfield.

A small tornado touched down near the town of Otisfield, Oxford County, based on ground damage, eyewitness reports, and pictures. ||The tornado touched down near Jesse Mill Road with roughly a half dozen large pines trees uprooted. Video showed a rotating cloud base and possible funnel cloud observed west of Bolsters Mills Road just before this time. Damage also occurred on Bolsters Mills Road with large branches downed on power lines. As the storm moved east, additional damage was noted on Bell Hill Road where a large pine tree fell on a house and a number of other pine trees were uprooted, some of which blew down onto power lines. Additional damaged and downed trees were found near the intersection of Peaco Hill Road and Rayville Road, as well as downed power lines. Some eyewitnesses reported the ear-popping sensation oftentimes reported with tornadoes. Video also showed substantial rotation at cloud base to the east of where the tornado occurred. This tornado was spawned from the same storm that produced a tornado near Bridgton about 20 minutes earlier.

A severe thunderstorm downed a power pole and wires near Redding.

A severe thunderstorm snapped a power pole and caused a transformer fire on Wilson Mills Road in Lincoln Plantation.

A severe thunderstorm downed a tree on Bear Pond Road knocking out power in South Waterford.

A severe thunderstorm downed trees on power lines in East Hiram on Hiram Hill Road.

A severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines south of Rumford.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.

Strong thunderstorms resulted in wind damage to power lines in Rumford during the afternoon of Tuesday, August 3.

A severe thunderstorm knocked over trees which downed power lines in the towns of Bethel, Bryant Pond, West Paris, Sumner, and Hartford. Particularly hard hit was the village of Woodstock where winds uprooted or snapped numerous trees causing damage throughout the village. About 15 tombstones in the local cemetery were blown over or snapped by the storm.