High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- March 25, 3:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Montana, March 25, 1997
High winds were reported at Cut Bank and Fort Belknap with gusts of 69 mph and 61 mph respectively.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
High winds were reported at Cut Bank and Fort Belknap with gusts of 69 mph and 61 mph respectively.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Hill
- When
- March 25, 4:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill 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
- High Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 25, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 25 to 31, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1997
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5596388, 5596389.