High Wind in Montana, April 17, 1997

Name: High Wind in Montana, April 17, 1997
Start: 1997-04-17T17:20
End: 1997-04-17T17:20
Location: Montana

April 17, 1997 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Broadwater/Jefferson/Meagher Central and Southern Lewis and Clark

When: April 17, 5:20 PM MST
Where: Broadwater/Jefferson/Meagher Central and Southern Lewis and Clark forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000

Strong winds, gusting up to 49 mph, tore a section of a metal roof off a trailer in Helena.

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

Every storm in Montana in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, April 1997

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: 5599601.