High Wind in Montana, February 3, 2001

Name: High Wind in Montana, February 3, 2001
Start: 2001-02-03T22:47
End: 2001-02-03T22:47
Location: Montana

February 3, 2001 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 forecasters said that day

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 Feb 3, 8:45 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 8:45 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
845 PM MST SAT FEB 3 2001

SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SUPPOSE TO RELAX TONIGHT...BUT SURFACE
PRESSURE CHANGES INDICATE VERY LITTLE CHANGE. STATIONS HAVE DECREASE
DIURNALLY...HOWEVER. NEW ETA SHOWS UPPER RIDGE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MOVING
INTO WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY. IT PROBABLY WILL BE DIRTY...SO EXPECT
MAINLY MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. NEXT TROUGH THAT MOVES INTO AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON MONDAY LOOKS WEAKER...BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE
WITH NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO DROP BOZEMAN
TEMPERATURE AND FINE TUNE WINDS. OARD

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...LOOKS LIKE WINTER WILL RETURN FOR THE 3 TO 7 DAY
PERIOD. FLOW ALOFT IS NORTH TO NORTHWEST THROUGH PERIOD WITH A SERIES OF
SHORT WAVES MOVING INTO MONTANA. PATTERN LOOKS QUITE ACTIVE WITH A
KLONDIKE CHINOOK AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE AND A CANADIAN PUSH WITH SNOW
BEHIND SHORT WAVE. AIR NOT REAL COLD...BUT LOOKS LIKE TRUE ARCTIC AIR
MAY BE MOVING INTO AREA THURSDAY...IF MRF CORRECT OF COURSE. A COOLING
TREND LOOKS GOOD FOR THE 3 TO 7 DAY PERIOD. COMPARING MRF WITH AVN SHOWS
THE TIMING OF SHORT WAVE DETAILS ALREADY OFF...SO WILL NOT TRY TO TIME
SHORT WAVES...WILL BROADBRUSH SNOW. OARD

CCF NUMBERS
GTF BJ 025/044 024/036 010 080233
CTB BJ 023/042 022/032 007 080233
HLN BJ 023/040 025/038 012 081234
BZN BJ 014/037 018/035 010 081244
WEY BJ 007/030 0500/025 910 081364
DLN BJ 020/038 018/034 012 081233
HVR BJ 020/040 015/031 011 080145
LWT BJ 020/040 020/034 012 080234

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Blaine

When: February 3, 10:47 PM MST
Where: Blaine forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Chinook 11 S spotter.

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

Every storm in Montana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, February 2001

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: 5235075.