Funnel Cloud, Silver Bow
- When
- June 12, 1:22 PM MST to 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Silver Bow County, Butte
- Coordinates
- 45.902, -112.657 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Montana, June 12, 1997
Several reports of a funnel cloud were received, and one video was taken showing a long rope-like funnel.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- 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 MSO wrote it up.
Several reports of a funnel cloud were received, and one video was taken showing a long rope-like funnel.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1997
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- Flooding in Indiana, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 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: 5614281.