High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- March 28, 1:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
High Wind in Montana, March 28, 1997
A number of high winds were reported across central Montana. Heart Butte reported the highest gust at 78 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 number of high winds were reported across central Montana. Heart Butte reported the highest gust at 78 mph.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- March 28, 2:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Madison
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
High Wind, Cascade
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 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.
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More
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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: 5596385, 5596384, 5596382, 5596383.