Lincoln storm history

Notable infrastructure losses included the Farm-to-Market Road state bridge over Libby Creek, the Granite Creek county bridge, Ramsey Creek Bridge at milepost 8.9, Old Town/Libby Creek Bridge 8.1 miles up Libby Creek Road(NFS Road Number 231), West Fisher Road bridge over Lake Cr…

Up to 2.00 inches of rain fell from Bull Lake to Noxon, heaviest on the evening of the 23rd.

A few thunderstorm cells formed in northwest Montana, producing gusty outflow winds. There were multiple reports of trees down northwest of Troy along US Highway 2, near mile marker 5, including a large tree that blocked the highway. Around 2300MST, a car ran into a tree blocking…

The Yaak River near Troy reached minor flood stage with limited impact noted. More significant impacts occurred along Hwy 508 between US Highway 2 and Yaak, as debris and water across the road resulted in a closure for much of June 14.

Reports of dime to quarter sized hail in Libby. Some trees lost leaves but no other damage was noted.

Significant power line and power pole damage was reported by the power company, due to multiple, downed trees. A photo on social media showed a large pine tree on top of a car. Power was out in the area for almost 24 hours.

The Yaak River reached minor flood stage and affected low lying areas adjacent to the river.

The Fisher River gauge peaked at 7.8 feet for 8 hours.

At least four trailer homes in Troy were directly impacted by water that had flowed over US-2 from an unauthorized channel that had overflowed. In Libby, a home cellar was flooded, the Libby Elementary School saw minor issues and Education Way was closed due to flooding caused by…

A member of the public in Troy reported one inch hail at around 4:46 pm.

A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds between 50 to 60 mph that caused tree damage and power outages in the area. The wind developed 10 to 12 minutes before brief heavy rain fell. They reported that the wind caused 4 big healthy fir and one yellow pine tree with a diamet…

The Lincoln County Emergency Manager reported that thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Troy area.

Law enforcement reported a tree down which blocked the south bound lane of highway 56 between mile marker 23 and 24 for a period of time.

The emergency manager from Lincoln County reported that numerous trees and power lines were down with roads blocked in the Libby area. The Zonolite RAWS located at 4,200 feet MSL reported a 51 mph wind gust at the 21:06 MST observation time.

A spotter reported multiple power poles down, along with power outages.

The forest service located in Rexford reported that multiple trees had fallen down or snapped off.

Several days of moderate to heavy rainfall contributed to rock slides across northwest Montana. One in particular blocked a lane on Montana 37 north of the Libby Dam for a few hours.

A member of the public in West Kootenai observed a strong and long-lived dust devil that caused roof damage to the Amish school and cut power momentarily at a warehouse. They said this was the strongest one they had ever experienced there in decades.

As a right-moving supercell approached the Eureka airport, it unleashed severe downdraft winds as reported by the AWOS sensor from the southwest direction for at least 12 minutes. The observer at the airport reported that one airplane flipped over, steel siding was torn off from …

On the afternoon of Wednesday July 17th 2013, a right-moving supercell thunderstorm produced up to one inch hail with estimated winds near 80 mph just north of the Eureka airport in Montana. According to homeowners in the area, the mostly marble-sized hail flew sideways due to th…

On the afternoon of Wednesday July 17th 2013, a right-moving supercell thunderstorm produced up to one inch hail with estimated winds near 80 mph just north of the Eureka airport in Montana. According to homeowners in the area, the mostly marble-sized hail flew sideways due to th…

Local businesses located north of Eureka reported damage to outside equipment due to the wind and hail. Several 4 inch trees broke in half laying down pointing east-northeast. Two fir trees with a base diameter of 16 inches were lost: one fell over while the other broke in half. …

Local businesses north of Eureka reported damage to outside equipment due to the wind and hail estimated at one inch.

On the afternoon of Wednesday July 17th 2013, a right-moving supercell thunderstorm moved across the region causing severe wind and hail. A local business northwest of Eureka reported at least 30 trees toppled due to the strong wind. Also the combination of wind and hail damaged …

A resident reported damage to window screens and 150 fruit trees by the combination of hail and strong wind. They reported that the estimated one inch hail had a disc-shaped appearance.

On the afternoon of Wednesday July 17th 2013, a right-moving supercell thunderstorm developed near Troy and tracked north and east across Rexford. A local business in Rexford reported structure and vehicle damage due to the estimated half-dollar hail. Several teenagers received b…

A forest service employee reported minor flooding on the Yaak River at the Whitetail campground.

The rainfall total for 24 hours was 2.10 inches. This was measured 13 miles north northeast of Heron.

Libby Dam reported 0.87 inches of rain in 12 hours.

Spotter at Hawkins Lake reported 0.70 inches of rain in 12 hours.

Rainfall of 0.71 inches was reported near the Fisher River.

A trained spotter reported one inch of rain in 30 minutes.

Hail caused significant damage to two vehicles and broke small tree limbs off nearby trees 2 miles southeast of Eureka.

Ten inch diameter trees were blown over along Montana Highway 37. Hail 0.5 to 0.75 inches in diameter was also reported.

Northwest Montana Border Patrol and public reported funnel cloud between Rexford and Eureka, MT.

The CO-OP Observer in Fortine reported several large trees blown down from thunderstorm winds.

Estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph produced substantial structural damage to the drive-in theater and the town ball park. Numerous large trees were also blown down.

Numerous large trees and large limbs were blown down in and around Libby and Troy. In addition, a large tree was blown down on a hiker on the Cedar Creek trail 4 miles southwest of Libby. The rescue team reported that numerous trees were blown down over the trail.

Straight line winds blew numerous large trees down onto power lines, buildings, vehicles and roads in and around Yaak. Power was out to the entire community. Several large trees were blown down onto power lines in Libby from straight line winds. From Eureka to Port of Roosville, …

A severe thunderstorm blew down 30-40 pine trees over an 2-3 acre area near Yaak. The largest trees had a diameter of 18 inches.

Lincoln County Sheriff reported bridge washouts, small stream flooding county wide with residents sandbagging property to protect homes. Flooding was reported near Libby from Libby Creek over topping its bands and flood waters lapping onto a home.

A tree blew over and knocked a man off a ladder while he was doing construction on his home. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.