Montana, 2002

Damaging Wind in Montana, June 8, 2002

June 8, 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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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 8, 7:50 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 7:50 PM MST, 15 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
850 PM MDT SAT JUN 08 2002

.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR SUN...MON...TUE...

BUSY WITH SEVERE WEATHER. SATELLITE...RADAR DATA AND NEW ETA SUPPORTING
REDEVELOPMENT OF MOISTURE OVER WESTERN HALF OF CWA LATER TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING. EXPECT SEVERE TO CONTINUE EASTERN ZONES AS LIFT
CONTINUES AND INSTABILITY CONTINUES THERE AS WELL. UPDATE WILL TO TO
TWEAK PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN ZONES AND WINDS HERE AND
THERE...AS WELL AS RAISING LOWS MOST AREAS. RASCH

.LONG TERM...VALID FOR WED...THU...FRI...SAT...
UPPER LOW FINALLY PUSHING OUT OF REGION ON WEDNESDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WEDNESDAY MORNING LOOKS GOOD WITH AREA STILL UNDER INFLUENCE UPPER LOW
AND WAVE PUSHING THROUGH CWA. WILL COOL WEDNESDAY TEMPS DOWN A FEW
DEGREES AS MIXING FROM 700MB YIELDS LOWER TEMPS THAN CURRENTLY
FORECASTED. AFTER LOW PUSHES OUT OF AREA UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN
RESULTING IN WARMUP THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NEW AVN BRINGS IN NEXT
UPPER LOW QUICKER THAN PREVIOUS RUN. WILL MENTION TWENTY POPS FOR ENTIRE
CWA AS QUICKER SOLUTION WOULD RESULT IN SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER AREA. JZ

    SUN     MON     TUE     WED     THU     FRI     SAT
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 050/060 046/059 045/069 049/072 054/078 055/079 056/078
    74/W    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E
LVM 042/055 041/054 043/068 047/070 052/075 053/076 054/074
    74/W    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E
HDN 048/061 045/060 045/071 048/074 054/080 055/081 055/079
    74/W    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E
MLS 056/066 049/062 045/069 049/072 054/078 055/079 057/078
    74/T    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E
4BQ 055/068 048/063 043/070 048/073 052/079 053/080 056/079
    74/T    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E
BHK 054/067 048/060 043/068 047/071 052/077 053/078 055/077
    74/T    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E
SHR 045/067 044/061 043/069 047/071 052/078 053/079 054/077
    74/T    43/W    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B    22/E

.BYZ...
MT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHEAST MT TIL 10 PM MDT. FLOOD WATCH
UNTIL MONDAY JUNE 10TH FOR PARTS OF PARK AND CARBON COUNTIES.
WY...NONE.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carter

When
June 8, 8:05 PM MST
Where
Carter County, 6 mi N of Ekalaka
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.967, -104.550

Aspen tree blown down

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: 5302830.