Dust Storm in Montana, September 9, 2000

Name: Dust Storm in Montana, September 9, 2000
Start: 2000-09-09T17:30
End: 2000-09-09T19:30
Location: Montana

September 9, 2000 · NWS MSO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 8
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.

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Event by event

1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Dust Storm, Blackfoot Region

When: September 9, 5:30 PM MST to 7:30 PM MST
Where: Blackfoot Region forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 46.986, -113.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Wind gusts between 40 to 50 mph blew over a newly plowed farm field, which reduced visibility to near zero from dust on highway 200 near Greenough. A multiple car accident occurred in the dust storm with eight people injured. One women died along the highway as she got out of her vehicle and was struck by a passing vehicle.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Dust Storm, Blackfoot Region	2000-09-09	65	Female	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Dust Storm: Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, September 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: 5170432.