Montana, 2000

Tornado in Montana, July 5, 2000

July 5, 2000 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 213 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Powder River

When
July 5, 4:25 PM MST
Where
Powder River County, 25 mi W of Broadus
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.450, -105.933

NWS post storm ground survey confirmed an F0 (winds 42-72 mph) tornado. Tornado damaged some trees. This was the same tornado that touched down 5 miles north of Epsie at 1804 MST.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 5164622.