High Wind, Wheatland/Park/Sweet Grass
- When
- November 4, 4:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wheatland/Park/Sweet Grass forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
High Wind in Montana, November 4, 1999
Strong pressure gradients, which developed as a result of a low pressure system which moved east across southern Alberta; and a large high pressure area over the Great Basin, produced sustained winds as high as 64 mph and gusts as high as 71 mph in Livingston.
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.
Strong pressure gradients, which developed as a result of a low pressure system which moved east across southern Alberta; and a large high pressure area over the Great Basin, produced sustained winds as high as 64 mph and gusts as high as 71 mph in Livingston.
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
More
Every storm in Montana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5722137.