Montana, 2002

Damaging Wind in Montana, June 27, 2002

June 27, 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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  • Tropical storms and surge
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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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
300 PM MDT THU JUN 27 2002

.SHORT TERM...PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS CONVECTION
THIS EVENING. ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MT IS INCLUDED IN SPC SLIGHT
RISK AREA...WITH LIFTED INDICES WELL BELOW ZERO AND CAPES OF 1500 TO
2500. BELIEVE PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE WIND GUSTS. SPC
DISCUSSION MENTIONS LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER MESO-ETA MODEL SOUNDING
INDICATES THAT THE WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT SHOULD BE TOO HIGH FOR
OPTIMUM HAIL FORMATION. SOUNDINGS AND BASE MODEL DATA ALSO INDICATE
THAT STORM SHEAR IS MARGINAL. AS USUAL...MODELS DISAGREE ON LOCATION
OF CONVECTIVE ACTION THIS EVENING. ETA/MESO-ETA BRING A QPF FOOTPRINT
AND MESOSCALE SURFACE HIGH...INDICATIVE OF A WELL ORGANIZED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...THROUGH CENTRAL MT. THE AVN/NGM ARE MUCH MORE STINGY WITH
QPF OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...BRINGING MID LEVEL VORTICITY
AND UPWARD VERTICAL MOTIONS THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MT. WILL KEEP
SCATTERED POPS OUT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT AND MENTION POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE. FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...MODELS REPEAT THE SAME LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTIVE SCENARIO. AVN/ETA ARE IN A LITTLE
BETTER AGREEMENT WITH QPF FORECAST TOMORROW EVENING...AND WILL KEEP
SCATTERED EVENING POPS FOR ALL ZONES. ON SATURDAY THE UPPER TROUGH
PUSHES THE RIDGE EAST...AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO CENTRAL
MT. EXPECT SCATTERED PRECIPITATION ON SATURDAY...DROPPING DOWN TO
ISOLATED POPS SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO EASTERN MT.
SUNDAY WILL BE DRY AND BREEZY...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT. MPJ

.EXTENDED...A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER WESTERN CANADA WILL
LEAVE THE REGION IN A WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. FLOW ALOFT MONDAY LOOKS TO BE MAINLY WESTERLY WHICH WILL
KEEP THE CWA DRY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY
AS THE FLOW ALOFT SHIFTS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. WILL CONTINUE THE
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS SOUTHWEST FLOW
PERSIST. TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD WILL BE AROUND NORMAL. MEIER

.CCF NUMBERS
GTF BB 062/092 060/085 052 14424
    NBBBB 080/047 075/045 078/048 082/048 080 32111133333
CTB BB 059/086 056/078 050 14324
    NBBBB 074/045 072/042 077/046 078/048 078 32111133333
HLN BB 062/092 060/086 052 14424
    BBBBB 082/048 077/050 080/050 082/050 082 32111133333
BZN BB 055/091 054/084 050 14322
    BBBBB 082/045 075/045 077/049 080/049 080 32111133333
WEY BB 044/085 045/081 042 14222
    BBBBB 079/042 072/041 076/041 075/041 075 32111133333
DLN BB 057/090 056/085 050 14322
    NBBBB 082/048 079/045 078/048 080/050 082 32111133333
HVR BB 063/095 064/089 054 14414
    BBBBB 083/048 078/048 078/050 082/050 082 32111133333
LWT BB 060/088 058/083 052 14423
    BBBBB 080/045 075/044 079/050 080/050 080 32111133333=

.TFX...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GLACIER COUNTY (ZONES 9 AND 10).

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis and Clark

When
June 27, 4:55 PM MST
Where
Lewis and Clark County, Lincoln
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.950, -112.667

A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Lincoln.

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: 5300555.