High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- December 4, 9:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 98 kt (113 mph)
High Wind in Montana, December 4, 1996
High winds were reported along the front range of the rockies during the late evening hours. Heat Butte had a gust of 83 mph and Choteau had a gust of 113 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
High winds were reported along the front range of the rockies during the late evening hours. Heat Butte had a gust of 83 mph and Choteau had a gust of 113 mph. Farther east, Roy had a gust of 62 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Chouteau
- When
- December 4, 9:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 4 to 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, December 4 to 5, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 4 to 5, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, December 4 to 12, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, December 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 4 to 5, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, December 4, 1996
- High Wind in Washington, December 4, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, December 4, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, December 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, December 4, 1996
More
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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: 5579954, 5579955.