High Wind in Madison River Valley, Montana

High Wind March 16, 2025 · Madison River Valley, Montana

41 mph

Measured sustained (36 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station MTNOR Norris Hill (MT DOT) measured high sustained winds, averaged to 41 mph for an hour.

The wider storm

Increasing southwesterly mid-level flow on the order of 45 to 60 kts ahead of a crossing cold front resulted in strong to high winds across Southwest MT as the front crossed.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1242601. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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