Thunderstorm Wind, Missoula
- When
- September 15, 5:30 AM MST to 5:35 AM MST
- Where
- Missoula County, Missoula
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -114.000
Damaging Wind in Montana, September 15, 1997
Thunderstorm winds caused roof damage to home up Miller Creek road south of Missoula.
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 MSO wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds caused roof damage to home up Miller Creek road south of Missoula.
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 15 to 17, 1997
- Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Hail in Montana, September 15, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
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: 5615419.