Montana, 2002High Wind in Montana, April 22, 2002
April 22, 2002 · NWS TFX · 10 events in 10 counties and zones
10 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 Apr 22, 8:20 AM MST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:20 AM MST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
920 AM MDT MON APR 22 2002
...UPDATES PLANNED FOR ZONES AND STATE...
.SHORT TERM...HIGH WIND WARNING STILL LOOKS GOOD. CTB SUSTAINED WIND
AT 15Z ALREADY CLOSE TO HIGH WIND CRITERIA SO WILL GO AHEAD AND BUMP
UP THE WARNING TO INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. CHINOOK ARCH
OVER SRN ALTA WILL BE SPREADING INTO THE NRN ZONES TODAY. BUT IT ALSO
LOOKS AS IF THE CLOUDS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD OR THICK SO WILL GO
WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. MODELS LOOK OK WITH INITIALIZATION OF
SHORTWAVE FROM CENTRAL B.C. INTO NRN ALTA. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL BE
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TUE. LEADING COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING S
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING WHILE SECONDARY FRONT WILL MOVE S OVER
THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND TUE MORNING. LATEST MESO STILL HAS PRETTY
WIDESPREAD QPF WITH THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT. AVN FORECASTER ALSO
POINTS AIRMASS WILL BE UNSTABLE BUT PROBABLY NOT TO THE EXTENT WHERE
THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION FOR TUE MAY BE
LOW. WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES ON THIS RIGHT NOW BUT WILL TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK FOR THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. BLANK
.EXTENDED...AVN/MRF CONTINUE TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH
THE ECMWF...WHICH ARE AMPLIFIED FURTHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
THE AVN/MRF MOVE A TROUGH THROUGH THE STATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
WHILE THE ECMWF DIGS A DEEPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH
THIS TIME PERIOD AND INTO SUNDAY. THE MRF KEEPS A WEAK RIDGE OVER
THE AREA SATURDAY...BUT (DIFFERING FROM ITS PREVIOUS RUN) THEN
BRINGS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA INTO THE
AREA. TOO MANY UNCERTAINTIES THIS MORNING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO
THE CURRENT EXTENDED FORECAST. WILL NEED TO WAIT AND SEE IF THINGS
SETTLE DOWN WITH FUTURE MODEL RUNS. COULSTON
.CCF NUMBERS
GTF NE 065/033 046/024 042 10023
EOOBB 030/049 028/045 023/051 037/060 037 22224433311
CTB NE 062/026 043/021 040 10032
EOOBB 028/045 026/043 019/049 035/059 035 22224433311
HLN NE 064/035 052/026 046 10023
EOOBB 030/049 028/045 023/052 037/062 037 22224433311
BZN EE 061/031 053/024 048 10012
EOOBB 028/053 028/045 027/052 035/062 035 22224433311
WEY EE 053/022 043/015 040 10012
EJJBB 022/042 022/041 014/049 022/055 022 22224555511
DLN NE 063/032 050/026 048 10012
EOOBB 028/052 028/048 023/052 035/062 035 22224422211
HVR NE 067/029 044/022 040 10022
EOOBB 030/045 028/045 023/053 037/062 037 22223322211
LWT NE 064/032 044/020 041 10023
EOOBB 028/047 026/045 021/050 034/058 034 22224433311
.TFX...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND EASTERN
GLACIER COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT. (ZONES 9...10 AND 48)
High Wind, Southern Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Hill
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Cascade
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Chouteau
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Toole
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Toole forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Liberty
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Liberty forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Blaine
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Blaine forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
High Wind, Eastern Pondera
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Pondera forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A high wind event occurred over much of North Central Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd. Sustained winds over 40 mph, with gusts near 60 mph were recorded.Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded from this event include: 67 mph at Great Falls, 63 mph at Rudyard, and 60 mph at Loma and Power 7 SW.
- 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.
- High Wind in Washington, April 22, 2002$18,000 · 67 kt wind · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 22 to 23, 20027 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, April 22 to 23, 2002$4,000 · 4 events
- Flooding in West Virginia, April 22 to 23, 20022 events
- Winter Weather in New York, April 22 to 23, 2002$2,000 · 2 events
- Flood in Indiana, April 22, 20021 event
- Flood in Indiana, April 22 to 30, 20021 event
- Flood in West Virginia, April 22, 20021 event
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 22, 20021 event
- Hail in Nebraska, April 22, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, April 22, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, April 22, 200252 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5290611, 5290612, 5290613, 5290714, 5290715, 5290716, 5290717, 5290718, 5290719, 5290720.