Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Montana, 2026
53 high wind watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 53
- Busiest month
- March15 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20265 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 4, 2:29 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:26 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:46 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin, Liberty, Meagher and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:28 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 11 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:06 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:21 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 47 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:12 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:04 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:08 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Powder River and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:12 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Liberty, Toole | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:06 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:48 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:44 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:26 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie | 15 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:33 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:55 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 26 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:28 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:55 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon | 16 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:39 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Phillips | 37 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:54 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:14 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 23 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:09 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:27 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Phillips | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:28 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 10 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:44 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:30 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater | 11 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:40 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:35 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:30 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:53 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:10 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:04 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:40 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater | 18 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:43 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin, Glacier and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:33 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Gallatin, Glacier, Hill and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:42 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:44 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:15 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Phillips | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:51 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Madison | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:46 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:26 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Liberty, Toole | 24 hr |
| May 11, 10:49 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 24 hr |
| May 11, 11:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more | 37 hr |
| May 12, 11:35 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, Yellowstone | 12 hr |
| May 12, 12:47 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison | 11 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:01 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin, Judith Basin and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:40 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 37 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:28 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Madison | 50 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:36 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Madison | 35 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 35 hr |
| Sep 24, 12:47 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 26 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:30 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Toole County22
- Pondera County20
- Fergus County18
- Glacier County18
- Lewis and Clark County17
- Judith Basin County16
- Teton County15
- Chouteau County14
- Cascade County12
- Liberty County12
- Blaine County12
- Hill County12
- Golden Valley County11
- Wheatland County10
- Sweet Grass County9
- Phillips County9
- Madison County9
- Meagher County8
- Broadwater County8
- Gallatin County8
- Garfield County6
- Petroleum County6
- Beaverhead County6
- Jefferson County6
- Stillwater County6
- Dawson County5
- McCone County5
- Prairie County5
- Valley County5
- Daniels County4
- Richland County4
- Roosevelt County4
- Sheridan County4
- Wibaux County4
- Big Horn County3
- Park County3
- Musselshell County3
- Carter County2
- Custer County2
- Fallon County2
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.