High Wind in Montana, January 19, 2003

Name: High Wind in Montana, January 19, 2003
Start: 2003-01-19T10:53
End: 2003-01-19T10:53
Location: Montana

January 19, 2003 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high 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 Jan 19, 9:14 AM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 9:14 AM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
914 AM MST SUN JAN 19 2003

.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR TDY AND MON...

UPDATED ZFP ONLY...HIGH MOUNTAIN WAVE CIRRUS IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE
THIS MORNING. DESPITE THIS HIGH CLOUDINESS EXPECT GOOD AMOUNT OF
SUNSHINE TO BREAK THROUGH TODAY. STARTING OFF VERY WARM THIS MORNING...
WITH BAKER AT 32 DEGREES ALREADY WILL UP TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE EAST
TO UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ACROSS THE UPPER
YELLOWSTONE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR PARK COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE WESTERN 2/3 OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS REMAIN
STRONG AT 850MB... WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S SHOULD
SEE PLENTY OF MIXING ALLOWING SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS WORK DOWN TO
THE SURFACE. CHANGES BEGIN BY EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
COUNTIES AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE AREA BRINGING LOW CLOUDS
AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...IN ADDITION TO MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES. CHAMBERS

.LONG TERM...VALID FOR TUE...WED...THU...FRI...SAT...

TEMPERATURES TURN COLDER ON TUESDAY BUT STILL NOT ALL THAT COLD AS
MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN ARCTIC INTRUSION. ACTUALLY...MOST OF THE
VERY COLD AIR LOOKS TO STAY OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BAROCLINIC ZONE STILL SETS UP OVER THE AREA
TUESDAY WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE OVERRUNNING ARCTIC BOUNDARY. BEST
CHANCES FOR SNOW WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AND PROGRESSING
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL INCREASE
POPS ACROSS THE WEST FOR TUESDAY. NEXT SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA
THURSDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW TO THE AREA. COLD AIR LOOKS
TO ONLY LAST A DAY AND WILL RETREAT TO THE NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY WITH
GOOD WARM AIR ADVECTION MOVING IN FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE LAST COUPLE OF MODELS RUNS HAVE SHOWED A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN
TEMPERATURES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. AFTER GRID COORDINATION WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES...WILL INCREASE HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY BY ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES.  HOOLEY

    TDY MON     TUE     WED     THU     FRI     SAT
-------------------------------------------------------
BIL 049 024/040 021/028 007/026 014/024 021/036 021/038
    0/E 00/E    33/S    33/S    33/S    30/B    00/B
LVM 050 027/045 018/029 008/029 018/029 018/040 018/040
    0/N 02/J    44/S    43/S    33/S    30/E    00/E
HDN 047 023/038 016/025 005/025 013/022 020/038 020/039
    0/E 02/J    33/S    33/S    33/S    30/B    00/B
MLS 041 020/033 009/021 901/017 003/019 015/034 015/034
    0/E 04/J    33/S    33/S    33/S    30/B    00/B
4BQ 044 022/036 013/022 001/020 008/028 020/035 020/035
    0/E 03/J    33/S    33/S    33/S    30/B    00/B
BHK 039 015/024 005/014 904/009 902/015 010/030 010/026
    0/E 34/J    33/S    33/S    33/S    30/B    00/B
SHR 051 024/040 018/027 006/024 012/026 022/039 022/039
    0/E 00/E    03/S    33/S    33/S    30/E    00/E

.BYZ...
MT...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR ZONE MTZ040.

WY...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 5:03 AM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

MTZ028>042-056>058-WYZ098-099-201200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
503 AM MST SUN JAN 19 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST
MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...
A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE UPPER YELLOWSTONE VALLEY NEAR
LIVINGSTON THROUGH TODAY.  SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. REFER TO GTFNPWBYZ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Park

When: January 19, 10:53 AM MST
Where: Park forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 45.488, -110.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

57 mph sustained wind in Livingston

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, January 2003

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: 5338808.