A strong low pressure system moving through southern Saskatchewan caused strong winds across northeastern Montana.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
A strong low pressure system moving through southern Saskatchewan caused strong winds across northeastern Montana.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Intermittent wind speeds of at least 40 mph were common in the Little Rocky Mountains from early morning to the early evening hours. The peak wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at 10:32 AM at the BLM Zortman RAWS site (ALDM8).
For multiple sites across Garfield County, intermittent wind speeds of at least 40 mph began mid morning and lasted into the early evening hours. The peak wind gust of 76 mph was recorded at 11:08 AM at the South Sawmill Creek RAWS site.
For multiple sites across Dawson County, intermittent wind speeds of at least 40 mph were common from the mid morning until the late evening hours. The peak wind gust of 67 mph was recorded at 11:15 AM at the BLM Glendive mesonet site (MTM28).
Across multiple sites in Central and Southern Valley County, intermittent wind speeds of at least 40 mph began as early as mid morning and ended in the evening hours. The peak wind gusts of 64 mph were recorded at the King Coulee RAWS site at 12:44 PM as well as the Saint Marie MARCO mesonet site (07MT) at 12:50 PM.
A peak wind gust of 58 mph occurred at 11:10 AM at the Savage mesonet site (FW8536).
For multiple sites across McCone County, winds speeds of at least 40 mph were common from late morning to the mid afternoon hours. The peak wind gust of 64 mph was recorded at the Fort Peck S mesonet site at 12:30 PM and at the Fort Peck Dam mesonet site at 1:50 PM.
At the Beaver Hill I-94 DOT site, intermittent wind speeds of at least 40 mph occurred from the late morning to the late evening hours. The peak wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at 1:26 PM.
A peak wind gust of 58 mph occurred at 11:44 AM at the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF).
A peak wind gust of 59 mph occurred at 1:41 PM at the Dry Blood Creek, MT RAWS site (DBCM8).
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