High Wind in Montana, March 10, 1997

Name: High Wind in Montana, March 10, 1997
Start: 1997-03-10T03:00
End: 1997-03-10T04:00
Location: Montana

March 10, 1997 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at an automated observing site, 9 miles south of Melrose.

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 wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at an automated observing site, 9 miles south of Melrose.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Madison

When: March 10, 3:00 AM MST to 4:00 AM MST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 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.

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, March 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: 5596379.