Montana, 2001

High Wind in Montana, May 16, 2001

May 16, 2001 · NWS GGW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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.

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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 16, 1:28 PM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 1:28 PM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
228 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2001

COLD FRONT HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE WRN DAKOTAS.

SHORTWAVE OVER NC MT WILL MOVE ALONG MT/CANADIAN BORDER OVER NE MT
THIS EVENING. RADAR SHOWS SCT SHOWERS OVER NE MT WILL MENTION IT
THIS EVENING. MODELS HAVE THE HIGHEST WINDS FORECASTED FOR THIS
EVENING. WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND TIGHT SFC GRADIENT AND 45KT 850
MB WINDS WILL KEEP HIGH WIND WARNING UP FOR SRN ZONES THIS EVENING.

MAIN SHORTWAVE EXITS NE MT LATE TONIGHT WITH A WEAKER SHORTWAVE
FOLLOWING AROUND 18Z THU. WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...WILL ONLY MENTION
A 20 POP FOR SHOWERS. TIGHT SFC GRADIENT REMAINS INTO THE AFTERNOON.
WILL HAVE NW WINDS 20-30 MPH. SFC HIGH THU NIGHT WILL ALLOW WINDS TO
BECOME LIGHT. WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSES THRU THE FORECAST AREA FRI AFTN
WITH A SFC TROF. WITH LITTLE MOISTURE...WILL ONLY MENTION PTCLOUDY
SKIES. FORRESTER

EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS START OUT IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AND
DIVERGE BY DAYS 3 AND 4 AS THE GENERAL PATTERN BUCKLES INTO A RIDGE
OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.  JET MAX CARRYING FIRST PART OF FAST
ZONAL FLOW WILL EXIT THE REGION SUNDAY...LEAVING MONDAY (DAY3) FOR
THE TRANSITION BEWTWEEN ZONAL AND HIGH AMPLITUDE LONGITUDNAL FLOW.
EXPECT A SLIGHT WARMING TREND LATE IN THE PERIOD.  MCNULTY

KGGW 043/067 038/075 044/070 042/060 034/067 040/074 041/070
      NBBEEEB  793201/8113222
KGDV 043/064 039/073 043/070 043/058 034/067 040/073 041/070
      NBBEEEB  793101/8113222

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Garfield

When
May 16, 5:25 PM MST
Where
Garfield forecast zone
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
47.278, -106.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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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: 5244924.