High Wind, Madison
- When
- March 26, 7:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
High Wind in Montana, March 26, 1997
A metal roof was blown off a 20 year old shed by brief gusty winds in the northern part of bozeman. These gusty winds were associated with nearby showers.
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 metal roof was blown off a 20 year old shed by brief gusty winds in the northern part of bozeman. These gusty winds were associated with nearby showers. The strongest gust reported in the area was 37 mph at Belgrade.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 26 to 31, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 26, 1997
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 26 to 27, 1997
- Flooding in Montana, March 26 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 26, 1997
- Flood in South Dakota, March 26 to 29, 1997
- Flood in Montana, March 26 to April 3, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 26, 1997
- Flood in South Dakota, March 26 to 31, 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: 5596391.