A strong surface pressure gradient set up along the Rocky Mountain Front causing strong and gusty west winds to develop across Central Montana.
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.
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
A strong surface pressure gradient set up along the Rocky Mountain Front causing strong and gusty west winds to develop across Central Montana.
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High wind gusts, measured at 56KT (65MPH), were reported at the Deep Creek RAWS, 8 mi SE of East Glacier Park, MT.
High wind gusts, measured at 53KT (61MPH), were reported at the Norris Hill DOT site, 4 mi NNE of McAllister, MT.
High wind gusts, measured at 52KT (60MPH), were reported 10 mi SSW of Cut Bank, MT.
High sustained winds, measured at 40KT (46MPH), were reported 8 mi W of Whitlash, MT.
High wind gusts, measured at 60KT (69MPH), were reported 12 mi NNE of Augusta, MT.
High wind gusts, measured at 50KT (58MPH), were reported at the Helena Airport ASOS.
High wind gusts, measured at 53KT (62MPH), were reported 1 mi NW of Black Eagle, MT.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 2014
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: 549374, 549375, 549376, 549378, 549377, 549379, 549380.