Montana, 2002

Damaging Wind in Montana, June 23, 2002

June 23, 2002 · NWS GGW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • 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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 2:31 PM MST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:31 PM MST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2002

.SHORT TERM...
UPPER LOW LIFTING SLOWLY NORTH INTO SASKATCHEWAN. FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA SERVING AS FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
TODAY. HEAVY RAIN MAIN OUTPUT FROM STORMS BUT SLOW MOVEMENT MAY
CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. CLOUDS WRAPPING AROUND LOW STILL PRODUCING
SHOWERS OVER WESTERN ZONES BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES UNDER THE CLOUDS
LIMITING CONVECTION. WILL KEEP MENTION OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
NORTHEAST AND SHOWERS SOUTHWEST. AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST
AND LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNS WEST SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE LOWERING OF
DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT
HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL TAKE AWHILE TO DRY OUT. EVEN
WITH CLEARING POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT WILL BOOST LOWS INTO THE 60S
ACROSS MUCH OF CWA. WESTERLY FLOW ON MONDAY WITH A WEAK WAVE SLIDING
ACROSS NORTHERN MONTANA. AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DRY OUT LIMITING
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.

RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE STATE INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED DRYING. SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST BY
WEDNESDAY WITH SOUTHEAST RETURN FLOW SETTING UP BY AFTERNOON TO PUMP
MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION.

.LONG TERM...
UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE REGION INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR HOT
AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER. AVN SHOWING INCREASE IN SHORTWAVE ENERGY
ROTATING THROUGH RIDGE AND IF LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNS SOUTHEAST WILL
HAVE INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION. WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTION
OF POPS BUT WILL CONTINUE WITH HOT WORDING. EBERT

KGGW BBU 060/083 056/086 055/091 90510000
     UUUU 060/093 062/090 062/090 063/090 9000000000
KGDV BBU 061/085 057/088 056/089 90410000
     UUUU 059/092 062/095 062/095 065/095 9000000000

.GGW...NONE

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield

When
June 23, 4:44 PM MST
Where
Garfield County, Jordan Arpt
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
47.333, -106.933

62 mph wind gust recorded at the Jordan Airport.

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5306120.