High Wind, Eastern Pondera
- When
- January 23, 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Pondera forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Mesonet station 5 N Ledger measured a 50 kt (58 mph) non-thunderstorm wind gust.
High Wind in Montana, January 23, 2022
A weak disturbance within a northwesterly flow aloft brought gusty surface winds to the Rocky Mountain Front and adjoining plains. Most gusts were below warning criteria with the exception of one observation in eastern Pondera County.
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.
A weak disturbance within a northwesterly flow aloft brought gusty surface winds to the Rocky Mountain Front and adjoining plains. Most gusts were below warning criteria with the exception of one observation in eastern Pondera County.
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.
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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: 1002988.