High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- October 28, 11:05 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
A wind gust to 62 mph was reported at Heart Butte.
High Wind in Montana, October 28, 2011
Strong west winds aloft resulted in late night high winds along the Rocky Mountain Front. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were reported.
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 TFX wrote it up.
Strong west winds aloft resulted in late night high winds along the Rocky Mountain Front. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were reported.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- October 28, 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
A wind gust to 59 mph was reported at Bynum 13W (the Dellwo MSCN site).
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Florida, October 28 to 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, October 28 to 29, 2011
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, October 28 to 29, 2011
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, October 28 to 29, 2011
- Winter Storm in Virginia, October 28 to 29, 2011
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, October 28 to 29, 2011
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, October 28 to 29, 2011
- High Wind in Alaska, October 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, October 28 to 29, 2011
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 28, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, October 28, 2011
More
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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: 346529, 346530.