Drier than normal conditions this fall season led to a return of D2 and D3 drought conditions from the west.
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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.
Drier than normal conditions this fall season led to a return of D2 and D3 drought conditions from the west.
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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 3, 1:25 PM MST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 125 PM MST Mon Nov 3 2025 .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGES: - A cool rain is possible tomorrow (Tuesday) in parts of the area. Some mix with snow is possible from Whitewater to Plentywood. - Warmer and windy conditions can be expected Thursday. - Cooler and more unsettled conditions can be expected into the weekend. WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: A more unsettled pattern can be expected this week as an upper trough develops off the Pacific Northwest coast through Tuesday. This will break down a ridge over the Northern Rockies that will allow more unsettled conditions for the region that continues into the weekend. Broad W-SW flow over the area today will send a disturbance east across eastern Montana Tuesday. Wet conditions over central Montana will dry a bit but colder air over Sask will filter in and possibly bringing a mix of rain and snow to some areas north of Highway 2, generally near the Canadian border though. A stronger system is possible Wednesday night into Thursday with stronger winds. Isolated rain showers look to stay near the Canadian border. FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: No change from NBM for the forecast. Confidence for shortwaves later in the period decreases with higher differences in track and timing. && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATED: 1930Z FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR tonight, MVFR developing Tuesday. DISCUSSION: A mid-level moisture stream will deepen Tuesday with lowering clouds and the chance of light rain. Snow could mix in just to the north of KGGW-KOLF and KSDY. Winds will generally remain light and variable. TFJ && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && weather.gov/glasgow
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
D2 drought conditions began and expanded from west to east during the month of November.
D2 drought conditions set in across most of Southwest Phillips County while D3 drought conditions touched just the western edge of the zone throughout the month of November.
D2 drought conditions began on November 11th in the western portion of the zone then expanded eastward through the remainder of the month.
D2 drought conditions began in the northwestern portion of the zone on November 18th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 2025
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1296196, 1296197, 1296198, 1296199.