Montana, 2002

Damaging Wind in Montana, June 28, 2002

June 28, 2002 · NWS BYZ · 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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 2:01 PM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:01 PM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
301 PM MDT FRI JUN 28 2002

.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR SAT...SUN...MON...

CLOUDS HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES DOWN OVER THE WESTERN ZONES...BUT THE
EAST HAS BROKE 100 AGAIN.  COOLER TEMPERAUTRES IN THE WEST MAY
PREVENT SURFACE BASED CONVECTION.  HOWEVER...SUFFICIENT FORCING SHOULD
BE PRESENT THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST MT/NORTHWEST WY FOR
ELEVATED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP IF SURFACE BASED TSTORMS CANT GET
GOING.  SATURDAY WILL BE A MORE INTERESTING DAY AS A PACIFIC FRONT
HEADS THROUGH THE AREA.  CONVECTION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...BUT IT
APPEARS THE COLD FRONT MAY RUN OUT AHEAD OF THE FORCING ALOFT AND
RESULT IN ELEVATED CONVECTION SATURDAY EVENING.  WILL HIT MUCH OF THE
AREA WITH CHANCE POPS.  COOLER CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE FOR SUNDAY. A
DRIER ATMOSPHERE SHOULD PREVENT STORMS FROM DEVELOPING.  MOORE

.LONG TERM...VALID FOR TUE...WED...THU...FRI...
MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE ON KEEPING ZONAL FLOW OVER WESTERN US THROUGH
TUESDAY...WITH ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY REMAINING WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE NW US TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AND SHOULD RESULT IN UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE EXTENDED. MODELS NOT LINING UP VERY WELL WITH THE TIMING AND TRACK
OF THE UPPER LOW AT THIS TIME. THE UKMET BRINGS THE LOW FURTHER SOUTH
BEFORE MOVING IT ON SHORE RESULTING IN MORE FAVORABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW
OVER SOUTHERN MONTANA. ECMWF AND MRF ARE A LITTLE MORE NORTH AND EAST
WITH THE LOW AND ARE HINTING AT A MORE ZONAL FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD.
MORE ZONAL FLOW WOULD LEAD TO LESS CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WITH
CURRENT UNCERTAINTY WILL NOT ALTER GOING PRECIPITATION FORECAST. MACZKO

    SAT     SUN     MON     TUE     WED     THU     FRI
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 066/091 060/086 061/084 055/080 056/083 057/084 055/083
    23/T    40/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T
LVM 059/085 055/087 058/081 051/077 052/080 054/082 052/081
    34/T    40/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T
HDN 064/095 059/087 059/086 053/082 054/085 055/086 054/085
    23/T    40/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T
MLS 068/101 064/086 064/087 056/082 057/086 058/087 057/086
    02/T    40/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T
4BQ 067/100 063/084 063/086 055/081 056/085 057/086 055/085
    20/G    30/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T
BHK 066/102 063/085 060/084 054/079 054/083 055/084 053/083
    02/T    40/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T
SHR 061/096 057/087 057/084 052/081 052/083 053/083 052/082
    22/T    40/B    00/B    00/B    03/T    33/T    33/T

.BYZ...
MT...NONE.
WY...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carter

When
June 28, 6:40 PM MST
Where
Carter County, 5 mi S of Capitol
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.367, -104.067

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: 5297073.