EF0 Tornado — Valley, Montana

2024-07-12 · near Baylor, Valley, Montana

1.0 mi

Path length

25 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A trained spotter reported tornado damage to multiple farm buildings, including a roof completely blown off a barn and some wooden walls knocked down. Wood debris was scattered a great distance and a circular hay bale was blown a large distance. Time was estimated by radar. Path length is estimated from storm survey.

Wider weather episode

A storm rapidly developed in Saskatchewan, turned right and tracked southeastward into Montana. The storm spawned a couple other storms that would track east-southeast across Montana counties that border Canada. Funnel clouds, tornadoes and large hail were generated with these storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198967. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.