On 19 July 2008, Severe thundertorms caused damage near the town of Patten. Below is a Public Information Statement about the storm and associated daamge. The maps below are from the damage survey done by NWS personnel

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
402 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

...STORM SURVEY FOR PATTEN MAINE...

NWS PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN THE HAPPY CORNER ROAD-
FRENCHVILLE ROAD AREA OF PATTEN MAINE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF
WIND DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHORTLY AFTER 4
PM HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN OVER AND A BARN LOST PART OF ITS
ROOF. SOME OF THE TREES LANDED ON HOMES AND POWER LINES. TREES
WERE BOTH UPROOTED AND SNAPPED WITH BOTH HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD
TREES AFFECTED. TREE DIAMETERS RANGED FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO
UPWARDS OF TWO-AND-ONE-HALF FEET.

THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE WAS A STRAIGHT-LINE WIND EVENT AS NOTED
BY THE NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL PATTERN OF THE TREE DAMAGE. MOST
TREES WERE DOWNED IN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTATION
SUPPORTING A STRAIGHT-LINE WIND EVENT WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. THE LENGTH OF THE DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES
WITH A AVERAGE WIDTH OF 2 MILES. BASED ON THE TYPED OF DAMAGE
OBSERVED WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE REACHED 80 TO 90 MPH.

STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
CAN PRODUCE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS EF0 AND EF1 TORNADOES.
         
            
            

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