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High Wind Watches in Montana, 2016
22 high wind watches in 2016. 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 in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- February8 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20163 high wind watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2:45 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:47 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:35 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:54 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:23 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 6 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:21 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Petroleum, Phillips | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:42 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Wheatland | 13 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:10 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Prairie, Richland and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:41 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:57 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:10 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Powder River and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:03 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:28 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Oct 12, 2:59 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 37 hr | |
| Nov 13, 2:45 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Nov 13, 2:14 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 17, 2:46 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:21 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 14 hr | |
| Dec 20, 4:17 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 10 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:47 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:08 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Golden Valley County5
- Stillwater County5
- Wheatland County5
- Petroleum County4
- Big Horn County4
- Musselshell County4
- Dawson County3
- Garfield County3
- McCone County3
- Phillips County3
- Prairie County3
- Carter County3
- Custer County3
- Powder River County3
- Rosebud County3
- Treasure County3
- Daniels County2
- Richland County2
- Roosevelt County2
- Valley County2
- Wibaux County2
- Carbon County2
- Fallon County2
- Sheridan County1
- Deer Lodge County1
- Flathead County1
- Granite County1
- Lake County1
- Missoula County1
- Powell County1
- Ravalli County1
- Sanders County1
- Silver Bow County1
- Park County1
- Sweet Grass County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.