High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- October 14, 5:21 AM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
Deep Creek RAWS reported peak wind gust of 64 mph.
High Wind in Montana, October 14, 2016
A shortwave trough embedded in strong westerly flow aloft, combined with a tight horizontal surface pressure gradient accompanying a lee surface trough east of the Alberta and Montana Rockies, created a favorable environment for strong and gusty winds along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front and over the plains immediately east of the mountains. In addition, strong southerly winds impacted the…
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A shortwave trough embedded in strong westerly flow aloft, combined with a tight horizontal surface pressure gradient accompanying a lee surface trough east of the Alberta and Montana Rockies, created a favorable environment for strong and gusty winds along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front and over the plains immediately east of the mountains. In addition, strong southerly winds impacted the Madison Valley as airflow funneled through the valley.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Madison
- When
- October 14, 9:12 AM MST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
Montana DOT sensor on Norris Hill measured 68 mph wind gust.
High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- October 14, 11:53 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
Cut Bank Airport ASOS reported peak wind gust of 64 mph.
High Wind, Southern Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- October 14, 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Dellwo mesonet station, 13 miles W of Bynum, reported peak wind gust of 76 mph.
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
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 659263, 659262, 659264, 659265.