High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- January 29, 8:00 AM MST to 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 83 kt (96 mph)
High Wind in Montana, January 29, 1997
Strong winds were reported along the front range of the Rockies, mostly during thr late afternoon hours. Several gusts of 70 to 85 mph were reported.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Strong winds were reported along the front range of the Rockies, mostly during thr late afternoon hours. Several gusts of 70 to 85 mph were reported. Heart Butte had the highest wind gust at 96 mph. Further east, a spotter 11 miles south of Chinook also reported high winds with a gust of 64 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- January 29, 6:24 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind, Hill
- When
- January 29, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or 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: 5588256, 5588258, 5588257.