High Wind Warnings in Montana
1,150 high wind warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 1,150
- Busiest year
- 201288 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 52over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sweet Grass County187
- Wheatland County183
- Golden Valley County164
- Phillips County162
- Stillwater County140
- Park County111
- Toole County107
- Pondera County103
- Glacier County101
- Petroleum County85
- Prairie County84
- Lewis and Clark County82
- Garfield County81
- Dawson County81
- Teton County79
- Valley County77
- Wibaux County77
- McCone County76
- Carter County72
- Fallon County71
- Fergus County67
- Roosevelt County63
- Judith Basin County62
- Custer County61
- Richland County61
- Sheridan County61
- Rosebud County59
- Musselshell County57
- Powder River County55
- Daniels County53
- Big Horn County51
- Liberty County50
- Carbon County48
- Cascade County48
- Chouteau County48
- Treasure County47
- Hill County44
- Flathead County41
- Blaine County41
- Madison County41
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 9:31 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:24 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Carter, Custer, Fallon | 13 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:52 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 18 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:43 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Madison | 19 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:29 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 15 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:15 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Madison | 32 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:06 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 48 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:13 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:31 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty, Toole | 15 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:13 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Fergus, Gallatin, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 4 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:26 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Madison | 4 hr |
| May 13, 12:00 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Stillwater and 3 more | 39 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.