Thunderstorm Wind, Silver Bow
- When
- July 24, 3:30 PM MST to 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Silver Bow County, Butte
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -112.533
Damaging Wind in Montana, July 24, 2000
Thunderstorm winds moved through uptown Butte between 430 PM and 530 PM, which damaged utility poles and down trees onto several cars at Park and Main streets. About 200 people were without power from power outages in uptown Butte.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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 moved through uptown Butte between 430 PM and 530 PM, which damaged utility poles and down trees onto several cars at Park and Main streets. About 200 people were without power from power outages in uptown Butte.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 24 to 25, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Montana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, July 2000
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: 5154581.