High Wind, Wheatland/Park/Sweet Grass
- When
- February 22, 5:00 PM MST to February 23, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wheatland/Park/Sweet Grass forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
High Wind in Montana, February 22 to 23, 1999
A strong Pacific low pressure system moving east across Southern Canada combined with high pressure over Utah to produce strong southwest winds across the Upper Yellowstone Valley. Livingston reported a peak gust of 76 mph at 116 am on February 23.
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 BYZ wrote it up.
A strong Pacific low pressure system moving east across Southern Canada combined with high pressure over Utah to produce strong southwest winds across the Upper Yellowstone Valley. Livingston reported a peak gust of 76 mph at 116 am on February 23.
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
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 22 to 23, 1999
- Cold in New Hampshire, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Montana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 1999
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: 5684667.