Thunderstorm Wind, Big Horn
- When
- June 17, 5:40 PM MST to 5:41 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Wyola
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -107.380
Damaging Wind in Montana, June 17, 1996
Limbs from 2 cottonwood trees on south side of house blew down. One of them did some damage on the house roof.
Where it happened
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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 BYZ wrote it up.
Limbs from 2 cottonwood trees on south side of house blew down. One of them did some damage on the house roof. Roofing on barn and chicken coop of same property was blown off. Both structures are located northeast of the house. Vehicles parked just south of the property were undamaged. A trailer, parked about 60 feet southeast of the house was left intact and not overturned. Wind gust causing the damages estimated at 60 miles an hour or 52 knots.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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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: 5552450.