Montana, 2024High Wind in Montana, January 8 to 9, 2024
January 8 to 9, 2024 · NWS BYZ · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
A tight west/east surface pressure gradient resulted in a period of high wind gusts near the east side of the Crazy Mountains.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A tight west/east surface pressure gradient resulted in a period of high wind gusts near the east side of the Crazy Mountains.
High Wind, Northern Sweet Grass
- When
- January 8, 11:15 PM MST to 11:35 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Sweet Grass forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 45.814, -109.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds gusted 58 to 62 mph at the Big Timber Airport.
High Wind, Melville Foothills
- When
- January 9, 2:00 PM MST to 11:15 PM MST
- Where
- Melville Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 46.140, -109.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind gusts up to 58 mph were recorded southeast of Melville.
High Wind, Northern Sweet Grass
- When
- January 9, 2:00 PM MST to 11:15 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Sweet Grass forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 45.814, -109.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds gusted to 58 mph at the Big Timber Airport.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Strong Wind in Alabama, January 8 to 9, 20241 death · 2 injured · $13,000 · 9 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 8 to 9, 20241 death · 27 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kansas, January 8 to 9, 202414 injured · 20 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, January 8 to 9, 2024$506,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
- High Wind in Texas, January 8, 2024$526,000 · 64 kt wind · 3 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, January 8 to 9, 2024$175,000 · EF0 · 11 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 8 to 9, 2024$108,000 · 20 events
- Strong Wind in Alabama, January 8 to 9, 2024$140,000 · 6 events
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 8 to 9, 202448 events
- Tornadoes and Coastal Flood in Alabama, January 8 to 9, 2024$10,000 · EF1 · 20 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Texas, January 8 to 9, 202463 kt wind · 40 events
- High Wind in Texas, January 8, 2024$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
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: 1150055, 1150046, 1150052.