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High Wind in Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana
High Wind May 14, 2026 · Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
A few weather stations measured high wind gusts and sustained winds. The highest was measured at Montana Mesonet site Mission lake S with a 62 mph wind gust and an average sustained wind of 42 mph between 3:00am to 8:15am MST. A small fire broke out due to downed powerlines south of Cut Bank.
The wider storm
A trough brought an increase in southerly winds aloft on the 13th. This combined with a strongly unstable atmosphere brought severe thunderstorms producing scattered severe wind gusts across the region. High synoptic wind gusts also accompanied thunderstorms on the 13th and 14th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1330519. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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