Another strong storm system moved east across the Rocky Mountains which resulted in another intense wind event. The strongest winds occurred along and just east of the northern Rocky Mountain Front Range with frequent gusts of 50 to 70 mph occurring, along with isolated gusts of closer to 80 mph.
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The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
Another strong storm system moved east across the Rocky Mountains which resulted in another intense wind event. The strongest winds occurred along and just east of the northern Rocky Mountain Front Range with frequent gusts of 50 to 70 mph occurring, along with isolated gusts of closer to 80 mph.
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 Jan 30, 3:55 PM MST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
RAWS site DCRM8 located at about 8 miles southeast of East Glacier Park measured a peak non-thunderstorm wind gust of 80 mph.
Cut Bank ASOS measured a peak non-thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph.
MT Department of Transportation mesonet site (MTBWG) located about 2 miles southeast of Browning measured a peak non-thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph.
MT Department of Transportation mesonet site (MTBRN) located at Two Medicine Bridge measured a peak non-thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2023
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: 1074343, 1074340, 1074341, 1074342.