High Wind, Blaine
- When
- November 6, 10:02 AM MST
- Where
- Blaine forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Montana, November 6, 2004
A peak wind gust of 74 mph was reported at Chinook 11S. The strong winds blew a large accumulation of tumbleweeds that completely blocked both lanes of Cleveland Road, located near Chinook.
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 happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
A peak wind gust of 74 mph was reported at Chinook 11S. The strong winds blew a large accumulation of tumbleweeds that completely blocked both lanes of Cleveland Road, located near Chinook. The tumbleweed drift was 100 feet long and over 12 feet high. A snow plow from the Montana Department of Transportation was dispatched but was unable to clear the road. Ultimately, the road was cleared by using a front-end loader.
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 Nov 6, 9:55 AM MST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 9:55 AM MST, 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 5:15 AM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 515 AM MST SAT NOV 6 2004 MTZ008>015-044>055-071200- BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 515 AM MST SAT NOV 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. NO WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES CURRENTLY IN EFFECT .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 6, 7:55 AM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Montana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 2004
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: 5426286.