Tornado, Powder River
- When
- June 28, 4:30 PM MST to 4:32 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 3 mi E of Broadus
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -105.350
Tornado in Montana, June 28, 1996
An F1 tornado uprooted trees and sagebrush went through the area. No other known damages were caused by it.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
An F1 tornado uprooted trees and sagebrush went through the area. No other known damages were caused by it.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 248 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 28, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 28, 1996
- Hail in Utah, June 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, June 28, 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: 5552646.