Tornado, Wheatland
- When
- June 5, 7:08 PM MST to 7:23 PM MST
- Where
- Wheatland County, Judith Gap to 12 mi SSE of Judith Gap
- Rating
- F0
- Coordinates
- 46.520, -109.650
Tornado in Montana, June 5, 1997
Tornado reported on ground for 15 minutes south of Judith Gap. Length and path width are not know.
Where it happened
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- 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 BYZ wrote it up.
Tornado reported on ground for 15 minutes south of Judith Gap. Length and path width are not know.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:06 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
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 5, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 5, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 1997
- Rip Current in Florida, June 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 5, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 5, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Montana, 1997Warnings 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: 5604639.