Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- August 17, 10:14 PM MST
- Where
- Richland County, Sidney
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 47.788, -104.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large tree blown down.
Damaging Wind in Montana, August 17, 1994
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 17, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, August 17, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 17, 1994
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 17, 1994
- Tornadoes in West Virginia, August 17, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 17, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 17, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 17, 1994
More
Every storm in Montana in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, August 1994
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10334629.