Strong and gusty elevated winds from the west entered a favorable environment which allowed them to reach the surface near higher elevation areas.
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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 GGW wrote it up.
Strong and gusty elevated winds from the west entered a favorable environment which allowed them to reach the surface near higher elevation areas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
At the Malta South US-191 DOT site, sustained winds of 40 mph lasted for little more than an hour at a time, but a few minutes of 60 mph gusts were measured in the noon hour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2019
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: 802120.