High Wind, Eastern Teton
- When
- February 4, 7:45 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Teton forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Mesonet station delmt dellwo (mcscn) 14 W Bynum.
High Wind in Montana, February 4, 2020
An upper level disturbance embedded in northwest flow brings a bit of increased winds and areas of light snow to the region. Gusty winds from about Cut Bank to Great Falls are found.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
An upper level disturbance embedded in northwest flow brings a bit of increased winds and areas of light snow to the region. Gusty winds from about Cut Bank to Great Falls are found. These winds are near high wind criteria in the sustained thresholds. Holding off on high wind products as winds should go on a diminishing trend after passage of the |mentioned disturbance.
What forecasters said that day
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 Feb 4, 4:59 PM MST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 4:59 PM MST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Great Falls MT 459 PM MST Tue Feb 4 2020 ...AVIATION SECTION UPDATED... .SYNOPSIS... Clouds increase overnight as the next storm system approaches the region. Snow will develop over the southern and western Montana Wednesday night. Expect the snow to continue over these regions Thursday into Friday morning. A second storm system will affect the region this weekend, with another round of snow and colder temperatures. && .DISCUSSION... Skies remain clear over most of the state today. Satellite imagery shows a long stream of dense clouds moving into Northwest Montana, associated with an upper level jet that extends well back into the central Pacific. A moist northwesterly flow develops on Wednesday, as a fairly strong upper level disturbance moves southward into the region. Widespread snow, heavy at times, is likely over portions of the Rocky Mountain Front, Central MT and Southwest MT from Wednesday afternoon through early Friday morning. The heaviest snow amounts will occur over the southwest Mountains, causing difficult travel into winter recreation areas and increasing avalanche potential. There remains some uncertainty in storm total snow accumulations in the Southwest valleys, particularly with regard to snow levels and valley temperatures. Winter storm watches remain in effect. Saturday through Tuesday...A 2nd storm system is progged to move through the region on Saturday and exit the area on Sunday. Snow amounts of several inches look possible with this system. Additionally, some convective snowfall is possible with the 2nd system, resulting in some high snowfall rates. Winter weather highlights will likely be needed for portions of the region for this event as well. Monday looks to be mostly dry, with increasing chances for snow again by next Tuesday. Overall NBM guidance looked a bit on the warm side, so afternoon temperatures were adjusted down a few degrees from Sunday through Tuesday. && .AVIATION... Updated 458 PM MST Tue Feb 4 2020 (05/00Z TAF Period) VFR conditions are generally expected over the next 24 hours across the forecast area but a passing disturbance will bring increasing mid level clouds this evening and mainly mountain precipitation later tonight into Wednesday along with some periods of MVFR conditions over southwest Montana. Note that KWYS will likely IFR or even LIFR at times. Gusty southwest winds will continue over the plains of north central Montana, especially along the Northern Rocky Mountain Front and adjacent plains (including KCTB), where gusts could exceed 35 kt at times. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 22 41 29 42 / 10 10 40 50 CTB 20 39 27 40 / 0 10 10 30 HLN 19 39 30 44 / 30 40 60 60 BZN 13 34 26 42 / 40 50 90 80 WYS -7 18 10 30 / 30 90 100 90 DLN 12 32 28 42 / 20 50 60 70 HVR 22 40 28 40 / 0 20 30 20 LWT 17 39 27 38 / 10 40 70 60 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Watch from late Wednesday night through late Thursday night Central and Southern Lewis and Clark...Jefferson. Winter Storm Watch from Wednesday afternoon through late Thursday night Broadwater...Cascade...Judith Basin...Meagher. Winter Storm Watch from Wednesday afternoon through late Thursday night Beaverhead...Gallatin...Madison. && http://www.weather.gov/greatfalls
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 4, 6:19 PM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
619 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 14 W BYNUM 47.98N 112.61W
02/04/2020 M55 MPH TETON MT MESONET
MESONET STATION DELMT DELLWO (MCSCN).
0448 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SW CUT BANK 48.60N 112.37W
02/04/2020 M56 MPH GLACIER MT ASOS
ASOS STATION KCTB CUT BANK AIRPORT.
0411 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SAINT MARY 48.74N 113.43W
02/04/2020 M53 MPH GLACIER MT MESONET
MESONET STATION SRYM8 SAINT MARY RAWS.
0324 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SE BROWNING 48.54N 112.98W
02/04/2020 M55 MPH GLACIER MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTBWG BROWNING (MT DOT).
0221 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 8 SE EAST GLACIER PARK 48.36N 113.11W
02/04/2020 M77 MPH GLACIER MT MESONET
MESONET STATION DCRM8 DEEP CREEK RAWS.
&&Local storm report, Feb 4, 7:31 PM MST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
731 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 3 SW CUT BANK 48.60N 112.38W
02/04/2020 M41 MPH GLACIER MT ASOS
THE CUT BANK AIRPORT OBSERVED AN AVERAGE
SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 41 MPH FROM 3:50 TO
450 PM.
&&Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 4 to 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Idaho, February 4 to 5, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 4 to 6, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 4 to 8, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Oregon, February 4, 2020
- Flooding in Missouri, February 4, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 4 to 27, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, February 4 to 29, 2020
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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: 874772.