High Wind, Valley
- When
- December 27, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
16 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 16
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Valley
- When
- December 27, 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Valley
- When
- December 27, 6:51 PM MST
- Where
- Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McCone
- When
- December 27, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- McCone forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.645, -105.795 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Prairie
- When
- December 27, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.861, -105.378 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dawson
- When
- December 27, 8:19 PM MST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Measured
- 81 kt (93 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.266, -104.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- December 27, 8:55 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dawson
- When
- December 27, 8:55 PM MST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.266, -104.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Garfield
- When
- December 27, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.278, -106.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dawson
- When
- December 27, 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Measured
- 76 kt (87 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.266, -104.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dawson
- When
- December 27, 9:55 PM MST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.266, -104.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Daniels
- When
- December 27, 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Daniels forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.784, -105.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- December 27, 10:30 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sheridan
- When
- December 27, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.721, -104.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Richland
- When
- December 27, 11:15 PM MST
- Where
- Richland forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.788, -104.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wibaux
- When
- December 27, 11:41 PM MST
- Where
- Wibaux forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.965, -104.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Montana, December 27, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 27 to 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
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: 5161576, 5161577, 5161578, 5161579, 5161572, 5161580, 5161581, 5161582, 5161573, 5161930, 5161931, 5161574, 5161932, 5161575, 5161933, 5161934.