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High Wind in Upper Blackfoot and Macdonald Pass, Montana
High Wind May 13, 2026 – May 14, 2026 · Upper Blackfoot and Macdonald Pass, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
A trained spotter measured an 89 mph wind gust from their weather station. Mesonet station MTFPS Flesher Pass S-279 and Mesonet station MTMDP MacDonald Pass (MT DOT) also measured high wind gusts.
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 1337002. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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