Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- June 30, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 3 mi W of Van Norman
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -106.450
Damaging Wind in Montana, June 30, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 30, 7:45 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:45 PM MST, 15 minutes before
NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
845 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003
.SHORT TERM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
SEVERE PATTERN SHAPING UP MUCH AS EXPECTED WITH INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND DRY...BUT MOISTENING UP AIRMASS. LIFTED INDEX
-6 AND CAPES 1500 J/KG AT KGGW SUSTAINING SEVERE CONVECTION WITH
SEVERAL WARNINGS ISSUED AND UP TO 70 MPH WINDS OUT OF HIGH BASED
CONVECTION. STORMS MOVING EAST A LITTLE FASTER THAN FORECAST AND
HAVE ADJUSTED GRIDS AND ZONES FOR SUCH. OTHERWISE NO OTHER UPDATES.
SIMONSEN
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
A WELCOMED BROAD UPPER TROF WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER DURING THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING A COOL/DRY AIRMASS TO THE
AREA AT ALL LEVELS TO WORK INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TROF
BROADENS OVER CANADA DURING MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH MUCH OF THE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINING TO OUR NORTH. TEMPERATURES LOOK
TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. HAVE NOT MADE TOO
MANY CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. JAMBA
KGGW BBB 060/086 058/083 054/079 82300020
EEBB 051/079 056/080 056/081 056/081 7600000000
KGDV BBB 062/091 060/087 055/082 82322020
EBBB 053/079 057/084 057/084 057/084 7600000000
.GGW...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT ALL ZONES.Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 9:20 AM MST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
MTZ016>027-059>062-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1020 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA .DAY ONE... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WILL ENTER A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...SO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...BUT THOSE THAT DO FORM WILL BE VERY STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BEGIN IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA EARLY THIS EVENING...SPREADING TO EASTERN SECTIONS AND THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AROUND MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SIMONSEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:11 PM MST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
0811 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 PM 10 E HELL CREEK RECREATIO MT 60 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03 GARFIELD
CBLocal storm report, Jun 30, 7:20 PM MST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
0820 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0817 PM 43 NE JORDAN MT 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03 MCCONE
CBLocal storm report, Jun 30, 7:59 PM MST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
0859 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM 30 N FLOWING WELLS REST A MT 60 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03 MCCONE
0820 PM 40 NE JORDAN MT 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03 GARFIELD
CBThe radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, June 30, 2003
- Heat in Virginia, June 30, 2003
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 30, 2003
- Tornado in Georgia, June 30, 2003
- Wildfire in California, June 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 30, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 30, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Maryland, June 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 30, 2003
- Hail in South Dakota, June 30, 2003
More
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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: 5366733.