Montana, 2006High 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.
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- 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.
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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</html>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)
- 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.
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 10, 2006$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Debris Flow and Flooding in Oregon, January 10 to 14, 200615 events
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 10, 20069 events
- High Wind in Oregon, January 10, 200669 kt wind · 8 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 10 to 11, 20065 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kansas, January 10, 20063 events
- Flooding in Washington, January 10 to 14, 20063 events
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 10, 20063 events
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 10, 20062 events
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 10, 20062 events
- High Wind in Montana, January 10, 200658 kt wind · 2 events
- Flooding in Washington, January 10 to 12, 20062 events
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.