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High Wind in Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana

High Wind February 26, 2026 · Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Many stations measured winds/gusts of criteria, including Montana mesonet stations Coffee Creek N and Forestgrove N, AWOS stations KMVH N Bar Ranch, K1NM November, and K1DM Delta, and DOT sensors MTDEN Denton E and MTBCH Beacon Hill. The peak gust was observed at AWOS station N Bar Ranch and was 73 mph.

The wider storm

Strong zonal flow aloft combined with cold frontal passage, a strong pressure gradient, and ridgetop stability combined to result in an extended stretch of strong winds across the region February 26th into the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1317181. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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