Thunderstorm Wind, Fergus
- When
- July 15, 2:38 AM MST
- Where
- Fergus County, 2.07 mi N of Hoosac
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 47.300, -109.850
Mesonet station MTDEN (Denton) measured 60 mph wind gust.
Damaging Winds and High Wind in Montana, July 15 to 17, 2022
Upper-level ridging persisted across the Desert Southwest and Southern Plains, extending north to over the Central and Northern CONUS plains. A subtle wave lifting northeast from the Great Basin toward the Northern Rockies provided widespread lift, combined with a steepening lapse rate and weak to moderate instability to support development of scattered thunderstorms across Southwest and Central…
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Upper-level ridging persisted across the Desert Southwest and Southern Plains, extending north to over the Central and Northern CONUS plains. A subtle wave lifting northeast from the Great Basin toward the Northern Rockies provided widespread lift, combined with a steepening lapse rate and weak to moderate instability to support development of scattered thunderstorms across Southwest and Central Montana. Primary threat was damaging, gusty winds. SPC had much of the CWA under a Marginal Risk with a portion of the CWA under a Slight Risk for severe storms on the 14-15th, General Thunderstorms 16th, and a Marginal Risk on the 17th for the Southwest and eastern portions of Central Montana.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fergus
- When
- July 15, 3:58 AM MST
- Where
- Fergus County, 4.43 mi WSW of Suffolk
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -109.420
AWOS station K1EM (Echo) measured 64 mph wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cascade
- When
- July 15, 11:29 AM MST
- Where
- Cascade County, 3.49 mi S of Ulm
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 47.380, -111.530
An Ambient weather station measured 66 mph wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaverhead
- When
- July 15, 4:46 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County, 0.85 mi SE of (Mqm)monida
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.560, -112.310
Mesonet station MTMQM (Monida Pass) measured a 63 mph wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaverhead
- When
- July 16, 3:47 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County, 10.39 mi WSW of Grant
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.940, -113.250
Mesonet station BRRM8 Brenner RAWS measured a 59 mph wind gust.
High Wind, Gallatin
- When
- July 17, 3:52 PM MST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
ASOS Station (KBZN) Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 58 mph wind gust.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 2022
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- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, July 15, 2022
- Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 15 to 17, 2022
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1032817, 1032818, 1032820, 1032822, 1032869, 1032871.