Montana, 2006

High Wind in Montana, January 10, 2006

January 10, 2006 · NWS BYZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

84 mph wind gust in Livingston; 83 mph wind gust 3ESE Limestone with several gusts in excess of 75 mph since midnight; 80 mph wind gust in Livingston. Four trucks overturned along Interstate 90 due to the strong winds between 830am and 330pm.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 BYZ wrote it up.

84 mph wind gust in Livingston; 83 mph wind gust 3ESE Limestone with several gusts in excess of 75 mph since midnight; 80 mph wind gust in Livingston. Four trucks overturned along Interstate 90 due to the strong winds between 830am and 330pm. No injuries were reported. Several power lines also downed in the area.

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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 4:51 PM MST, 22 hours 38 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Beartooth Foothills

When
January 10, 3:29 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where
Beartooth Foothills forecast zone
Measured
83 kt (96 mph) measured gust
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.742, -109.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Livingston Area

When
January 10, 3:29 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where
Livingston Area forecast zone
Measured
84 kt (97 mph) measured gust
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.488, -110.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2006

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5530923, 5530924.