High Wind, Bitterroot / Sapphire Mountains
- When
- September 5, 1:50 PM MST
- Where
- Bitterroot / Sapphire Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.508, -113.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Montana, September 5, 1996
A cold front moved through the area bringing strong gusty winds. A spotter in Hobson reported a wind gust of 66 mph.
Where it happened
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- 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 TFX wrote it up.
A cold front moved through the area bringing strong gusty winds. A spotter in Hobson reported a wind gust of 66 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Virginia, September 5 to 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, September 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: 5563421.