Montana, 2002

Damaging Wind in Montana, July 6, 2002

July 6, 2002 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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

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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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 7:35 PM MST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:35 PM MST, 55 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
835 PM MDT SAT JUL 6 2002

WILL UPDATE ZONES BY 915 PM

.SHORT TERM...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW HAVE
KICKED OFF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MY SOUTHWEST ZONES THIS
EVENING. SEVERAL STORMS APPROACHED SEVERE CRITERIA...BUT PULSED DOWN
AGAIN...AND HAVE HAD NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. DID RECEIVE
SEVERAL REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS IN LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY...BUT NO HAIL. RADAR AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT
ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHWEST THIS
EVENING...BUT THE MAIN STORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL
MONTANA. WILL UPDATE TO FINE TUNE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...DROPPING
FAR SOUTHWEST ZONES DOWN TO ISOLATED AND INCREASING AREAS IN PATH
OF STORM COMPLEX TO LIKELY. TEMPERATURE FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD SO
NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. MPJ

EXTENDED...MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT BUILDING A
LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THE HIGH IS CENTERED
FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO ALLOW AN UPPER LEVEL JET TO SET UP OVER SOUTHERN
CANADA ON THURSDAY. THE JET WILL ACT TO KEEP FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES MORE OR LESS ZONAL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...KEEPING TEMPS
FROM SOARING AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
MODEL LIFTED INDICES INDICATE THAT A STABLE AIRMASS SHOULD REMAIN
OVER THE STATE FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SO DRY AND WARM
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. ONLY CHANGES TO GOING EXTENDED WILL BE TO
TWEAK HIGH TEMPS DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO IN ORDER TO BE MORE IN LINE
WITH GUIDANCE NUMBERS. MPJ

.CCF NUMBERS
GTF BT 056/089 058/093 050 01233
    BBBBB 085/052 092/055 090/054 088/053 086 63100000000
CTB BT 051/086 055/088 048 01123
    BBBBB 082/050 087/052 085/051 083/050 081 63100000000
HLN BT 058/090 058/092 053 01333
    BBBBB 085/052 092/056 090/055 089/054 087 63100000000
BZN BT 055/090 055/092 052 01333
    BBBBB 085/051 091/052 091/051 089/050 087 53100000000
WEY BT 045/080 045/085 043 01434
    BBBBB 078/044 082/043 081/042 080/041 079 52100000000
DLN BC 054/090 054/090 048 01333
    BBBBB 083/050 090/053 089/052 088/051 087 52100000000
HVR BT 058/090 062/095 052 01123
    BBBBB 085/054 092/056 091/055 090/054 088 63100000000
LWT BT 057/088 060/095 052 01334
    BBBBB 085/053 091/052 090/051 088/050 086 63110000000=

.TFX...NONE.

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cascade

When
July 6, 8:30 PM MST
Where
Cascade County, Eden
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.267, -111.267

A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 70 mph near Eden.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

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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: 5307339.