1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 14, 9:30 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
930 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2001
.SHORT TERM...WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REFRESH WORDING. PACIFIC LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING INTO WESTERN CONUS TODAY WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED
DISTURBANCES. ONE SWEEPING ACROSS NORTHWEST MT THIS MORNING AND
ANOTHER MOVES ACROSS CWA THIS EVENING. MODERATE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN
PLACE FOR DYNAMICS TO WORK WITH...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS BEST
ENHANCEMENT CROSSING SOUTHWEST MONTANA THIS MORNING. WILL LEAVE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MT IN
PLACE WITH PLANNED EXPIRATION AT NOON. ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...
DOWNSLOPE WIND TO INCREASE AGAIN TODAY AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS ACROSS
SOUTHERN ALTA AND SASK. MODELS INDICATE 40 TO 55 KT WIND AT 700MB
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE TODAY AND THIS WILL COUPLE WITH COLD AIR
ADVECTION. THUS WILL LEAVE HIGH WIND WARNING IN PLACE AS WELL. EXPECT
WIND TO INHIBIT ALL EXCEPT A FEW BRIEF SHOWERS THIS REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN FALLING LATE MORNING AS COLDER AIR ASSOCIATED
WITH TROUGH BEGINS MOVING IN. DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SETS UP OVER
THE AREA SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT LOOKS VERY WINDY WITH 50 TO 65 KT
700MB WINDS FORECAST.
.EXTENDED...PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES. SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW
ALOFT MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MINIMAL DYNAMICS. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT SHIFTS RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AS AN UPPER
TROF APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THURSDAY WITH INCREASING BACKING FLOW
ALOFT. WILL NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CURRENT EXTENDED
FORECAST. EMANUEL
.CCF NUMBERS
GTF NB 045/018 035/030 040 08111
NEEBE 024/042 023/033 020/034 018/037 018 01123111122
CTB NB 037/015 032/028 034 08111
NEBEE 020/036 012/032 016/030 015/032 015 01133111122
HLN JB 044/015 032/028 036 08321
EEEEE 022/039 022/033 016/030 016/035 016 12213211122
BZN JB 038/012 030/026 034 08321
EEEEE 018/038 022/028 008/026 014/030 014 12213211122
WEY JB 026/005 020/905 023 08732
EESEE 000/025 015/021 000/018 006/020 006 22224322233
DLN JE 033/012 028/015 032 08321
EEEEE 012/036 020/025 007/027 014/027 014 22223311122
HVR NB 050/017 032/028 034 08121
NEBBE 020/042 018/033 010/030 010/033 010 01123111122
LWT NB 045/016 032/025 035 08111
NBEEE 022/044 021/030 014/033 018/034 018 01113211122
.TFX...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND
ADJACENT PLAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA.1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained wind speed of 39 kt (measured) reported as well by Department of Transportation automated observation site in Sweetgrass.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 2001
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: 5275295.