Strong winds developed along the Rocky Mountain Front during the early morning hours. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were common.
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The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
Strong winds developed along the Rocky Mountain Front during the early morning hours. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were common.
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 15, 2:48 AM MST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 248 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 .DISCUSSION... TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL BE MOVING INTO THIS RIDGE DURING THE MORNING WITH RIDGING AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS...AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL BE CONTINUED. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. THE CHANCE FOR PRECIP OVER THE ROCKIES INCREASES BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES. THIS IS A SHALLOW...MAINLY OROGRAPHIC LAYER AND DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. A BIG INCREASE IN TEMPS TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD AND STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS CONTINUE. THE AIRMASS BEGINS TO COOL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BUT EVEN WITH COOLING...TEMPS REMAIN ABOVE NORMALS. ZELZER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MEDIUM RANGE MODEL INDICATE A MOIST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS OUR CWA...BRINGING MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA THAT WILL BRING DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND THUS INHIBITING PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. BY MONDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MOVES INTO WESTERN MONTANA FOR ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST. A WEAK SURFACE HIGH OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES LATER IN THE DAY. BY TUESDAY...GFS MODEL HAS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION WITH ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPING SOUTH INTO MONTANA ALONG WITH A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PUSHING SOUTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TUESDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA ON WEDNESDAY. SO...WILL GO WITH AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE NORTH AND EAST FACING SLOPES AS AN UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF MONTANA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER WESTERN CANADA FOR A COLD NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT...FOR THE COLDEST DAY SO FAR THIS SEASON. WILLIAMSON DC WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING IN ARCTIC AIR AND A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MID WEEK. THURSDAY A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP COLD ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE. SAUCIER && .AVIATION... UPDATED 0540Z. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND INCREASING WINDS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WITH INCREASING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. A SURFACE TROUGH IS BUILDING DOWN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT CAUSING AN INCREASE TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS. A DISTURBANCE IN THE FLOW WILL BRING LOWER CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...WITH AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ALONG AND OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. CAMP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 58 43 56 33 / 0 10 10 10 CTB 56 36 53 29 / 10 10 10 10 HLN 52 34 54 34 / 10 20 20 20 BZN 52 33 54 33 / 0 10 20 20 WEY 37 27 40 29 / 0 20 30 40 DLN 47 33 50 33 / 0 10 30 20 HVR 58 36 56 29 / 10 10 10 10 LWT 58 35 56 34 / 0 10 10 0 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MTZ009-048. && WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 942 PM MST WED NOV 14 2007 MTZ009-048-151200- NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 942 PM MST WED NOV 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ008-010>015-044>047-049>055-151200- BEAVERHEAD-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 942 PM MST WED NOV 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 63 mph was reported at the Two Medicine DOT site.
A gust to 60 mph was reported at Choteau 1NE.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 2007
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: 66395, 66397.