Thunderstorm Wind in Big Horn County, Montana

Thunderstorm Wind July 16, 2008 · Big Horn County, Montana

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

Deaths

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two fatalities, both drownings, occurred from a severe thunderstorm that moved across the Tongue River Reservoir. A man fell from a dock and a woman drowned when her small boat capsized as a result of very strong thunderstorm winds.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms producing large hail and damaging winds moved across portions of Big Horn and Powder River Counties during the early evening hours of the 16th. Two fatalities, both drownings, occurred from a severe thunderstorm that moved across the Tongue River Reservoir. A man fell from a dock and a woman drowned when her small boat capsized as a result of very strong thunderstorm winds.

Began near Decker (45.1200, -106.7900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 124499. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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