High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- January 17, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Montana, January 17 to 18, 2005
A prolonged wind event brough high winds to a portion of North Central Montana from early on the 17th through the 18th. Reported wind speeds include: a gust to 76 mph at Browning, a gust to 75 mph at Two Medicine, a gust to 68 mph at East Glacier Park 11SE, a gust to 67 mph at Cut Bank and a gust to 65 mph at Chinook 11S.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 prolonged wind event brough high winds to a portion of North Central Montana from early on the 17th through the 18th. Reported wind speeds include: a gust to 76 mph at Browning, a gust to 75 mph at Two Medicine, a gust to 68 mph at East Glacier Park 11SE, a gust to 67 mph at Cut Bank and a gust to 65 mph at Chinook 11S. Additionally, sustained winds of 40 mph or greater were reported at Inverness 1W, Loma 1N and at Monarch 4N.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Toole
- When
- January 17, 5:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Toole forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind, Hill
- When
- January 17, 6:00 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind, Chouteau
- When
- January 17, 6:00 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- January 17, 7:55 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Eastern Teton
- When
- January 17, 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Teton forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Blaine
- When
- January 17, 11:58 PM MST
- Where
- Blaine forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Cascade
- When
- January 18, 7:30 AM MST to 10:30 AM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 17 to 18, 2005
- Flooding in Washington, January 17 to 20, 2005
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Montana, January 17 to 18, 2005
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 17, 2005
- Winter Weather in Oregon, January 17, 2005
- High Wind in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 2005
- Flash Flood in Indiana, January 17, 2005
- Flood in Michigan, January 17 to 20, 2005
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 17 to 18, 2005
- Ice Storm in Washington, January 17, 2005
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 17, 2005
- Winter Weather in Washington, January 17 to 18, 2005
More
Every storm in Montana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2005
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5433161, 5433167, 5433163, 5433164, 5433162, 5433168, 5433165, 5433166.