High Wind Watches in Montana
839 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 839
- Busiest year
- 202563 high wind watches
- Average year
- 38over 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.
- Phillips County113
- Sweet Grass County111
- Wheatland County110
- Golden Valley County109
- Stillwater County97
- Pondera County90
- Toole County88
- Glacier County87
- Park County77
- Lewis and Clark County73
- Petroleum County71
- Teton County66
- Prairie County63
- Dawson County61
- Garfield County60
- Wibaux County58
- McCone County56
- Valley County55
- Richland County55
- Fergus County53
- Roosevelt County50
- Judith Basin County50
- Fallon County47
- Carter County46
- Custer County45
- Sheridan County44
- Daniels County42
- Cascade County42
- Musselshell County41
- Rosebud County41
- Chouteau County41
- Big Horn County36
- Blaine County36
- Hill County36
- Liberty County36
- Madison County36
- Carbon County34
- Powder River County34
- Treasure County31
- Gallatin County31
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 12:47 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 26 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 35 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:36 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Madison | 35 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:28 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Madison | 50 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:40 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 37 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:01 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin, Judith Basin and 2 more | 39 hr |
| May 12, 12:47 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison | 11 hr |
| May 12, 11:35 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, Yellowstone | 12 hr |
| May 11, 11:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more | 37 hr |
| May 11, 10:49 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:26 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Liberty, Toole | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:46 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 23 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.