Thunderstorm Wind, Missoula
- When
- June 15, 8:11 PM MST to 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Missoula County, Missoula
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -114.000
Damaging Wind in Montana, June 15, 1996
numerous reports of wind gusts to 52 knots, caused downed power lines and tree branches 2 to 21/2 inches thick broken off. lightning caused numerous fires in town.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.
numerous reports of wind gusts to 52 knots, caused downed power lines and tree branches 2 to 21/2 inches thick broken off. lightning caused numerous fires in town.
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:11 UTC.
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
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 15, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Hail in South Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 1996
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: 5552837.