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High Wind in Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains, Montana

High Wind May 12, 2025 · Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains, Montana

60 mph
Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station HRKM8 Harkness RAWS measured a 58 mph and 60 mph wind gust.

The wider storm

A cold front produced afternoon scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across the region. A thunderstorm produced severe thunderstorm winds along the Hi-line. A strong pressure gradient setting up in Southwest Montana produced isolated strong wind gusts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1257706. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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