Southern High Plains County, Montana
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2022 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured an 84 mph wind gust. A few weather stations also measured high wind gusts during this time frame.
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Montana mesonet station Bynum W measured a 78 mph gust. Other sensors measuring strong winds or gusts include Salmond Ranch Salmt, Delmt Dellwo, MTPND Pendfory MT Dot, MTCTS Chouteau S MT Dot, HODMT Hodgkiss, and RICMT Rice Ridge.
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Montana mesonet site Bynum W measured an 85 mph wind gust. Mesonet station SALMT Salmond Ranch and Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo also measured high wind gusts.
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Mesonet station SALMT Salmond Ranch measured a 75 mph wind gust. A few other weather stations measured high wind gusts. Mesonet station MTCTS Choteau South measured an average sustained wind speed of 51 mph from 6:30pm to 7:30pm MST.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 74 mph wind gust. Mesonet station SALMT Salmond Ranch and Mesonet station MTCTS Choteau South also measured a high wind gust.
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions with winds gusting 30 to 50 mph from 9:30am to 3:45pm MST. Severe driving conditions reported by Montana Department of Transportation and webcam images confirmed the blizzard conditions. Highway 287 between Augusta and Choteau also did close down. A COOP obser…
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 66 mph wind gust. A few other mesonet stations also measured high wind gusts.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Eldorado fire started about 7 miles north of Choteau on the 8th during the afternoon. High winds in the area quickly burned through grassland and shrub, and also jumped over U.S Highway 89. The fire grew to 500 acres and U.S. Highway 89 MM 55 to 63 was briefly closed. The fir…
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A few weather stations measured high wind gusts. The highest was reported at Montana Mesonet station BUYM8 Bynum W of 80 mph. They also reported an average high sustained wind of 56 mph between 5:40am and 7:05am MST on the 8th.
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Montana mesonet station August N measured sustained winds averaging 53 mph for an hour between 1045 AM and 1145 AM. Several sensors also measured gusts between 58 and 74 mph, including SALMT Salmond Ranch, DELMT Dellwo, and HODMT Hodgkiss.
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Mesonet stations DELMT Dellwo and SALMT Salmond Ranch both measured gusts in excess of 58 mph, including a peak gust of 64 mph at Dellwo.
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Mesonet station SALMT Salmond Ranch measured a 62 mph gust.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 79 mph wind gust.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 63 mph wind gust. A few other weather stations also measured high wind gusts during this period.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 69 mph wind gust. Montana mesonet site Bynum W. also had an average sustained wind speed of 47 mph from 4PM to 5PM MST.
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Wunderground sensor KMTAUGUS3 Upper Elk Creek measured a 68 mph wind gust.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Snow Squall. AWOS station K1FM Foxtrot measured a quick reduction in visibility to one-eighth of a mile.
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Numerous sensors in this zone measured sustained winds averaged over at least an hour of 50 mph, or gusts in excess of 75 mph. These sensors include mesonet stations MTM49 7 NE Choteau, DELMT Dellwo, MTCTS Choteau South US-287 (MT DOT), MTPND Pendroy (MT DOT), RICMT Rice Ridge, M…
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Many sensors in this zone measured sustained winds of 50 mph or greater over at least an hour or gusts in excess of 75 mph, including sensors MTCTS Choteau South, DELMT Dellwo, MTPND Pendroy, and Bynum W MT mesonet. The peak observed gust at a sensor was 88 mph at Dellwo along th…
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MT Mesonet station Bowmans Corner measured a 75 mph gust.
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Three sensors measured gusts in excess of 75 mph, including Chouteau South MT DOT, Dellwo DELMT, and Hodgkiss HODMT. The peak gust observed was 85 mph, measured at Chouteau South.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 73 mph wind gust. They also measured an average of 50 mph sustained winds from 22:15 and 23:15 MST. Mesonet station MTCTS Choteau South (MT DOT) also measured a high wind gust.
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Bynum W (MT Mesonet) measured a 93 mph wind gust and measured an averaged sustained wind of 62 mph between 12:20 and 15:10 MST. Golleham (MT Mesonet), Augusta N (MT Mesonet), and Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured high sustained winds and high wind gusts. Mesonet stati…
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Mesonet Station Bynum W measured a 75 mph wind gust and 50 mph sustained winds over the span of an hour. Mesonet station DVI01084 Dupuyer and Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) also measured high winds.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 62 mph wind gust. AWOS station K1FM Foxtrot also measured a high wind gust.
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Several sensors measured gusts at or above 75 mph and sustained winds at or above 50 mph in this zone, including mesonet stations Dellwo DELMT, Montana mesonet station Bynum W, and mesonet station MTCTS Choteau South. The peak gust was observed at the Choteau South mesonet, which…
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo measured a 75 mph gust.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Several coop observers reported storm total snow of 6 inches or greater, including a peak report of 10 inches 4 SSE of Bynum.
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Montana mesonet station Bynum W (acebynum) measured an 81 mph gust and high sustained winds. Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) also reported high wind gusts and high sustained winds. Mesonet station DVI01084 Dupuyer, Mesonet station MTM49 6.9 NE Choteau (MT-MESO), and Mesonet …
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo measured a 67 mph gust. A Montana Mesonet station nearby (Bynum W) measured a 66 mph gust.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Mesonet station TRFM Teton River - Agrimet measured a wind chill of -43F.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Coop observer near Bynum reported 10.3 inches total new snow over two observations. Start time, end time, and criteria time were estimated.
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AWOS station K1GM Golf measured a wind chill of -40F.
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Mesonet sensor MTBRN Two Medicine Bridge (MT DOT) measured a -35 F wind chill.
High Wind High Wind
Many sensors in this zone measured gusts reaching criteria, including at Montana mesonet station Bynum W (Acebynum), which measured an 83 mph gust.
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Montana mesonet station Dog Gun Lake E ACEDOGGU measured an 80 mph gust.
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Coop observer reports 6.2 inches new snow.
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Montana Mesonet station Bynum W acebynum measured a 95 mph wind gust on top of many, many gusts in excess of 58 mph. In fact, sustained winds, averged over an hour, peaked at 54 mph. Other sensors to measure gusts of 58 mph or greater or sustained winds of 40 mph averaged over at…
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) meassured sustained winds, averaged over an hour, of 51 mph on top of gusts up to 74 mph. Montana Mesonet station Bynum W measured a 66 mph gust.
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Mesonet station MTM49 NE CHouteau (Montana Mesonet) measured a 58 mph gust.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 65 mph gust.
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Montana mesonet station acebynum Bynum W measured a 77 wind gust. Additionally, mesonet station DELMT measured sustained winds, averaged over an hour, of 51 mph. Additional sensors in the zone gusted 58+ mph, including mesonet HODMT Hodgkiss and mesonet station acebowma Bowmans C…
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Multiple sensors measured gusts of or in excess of 58 mph, including a peak gust of 72 mph at AWOS K1GM Golf. Other sensors that measured gusts at or above 58 mph include the following: Mesonet station MTBOW (MT DOT) Bowmans Corner, mesonet station MTPEN (MT DOT) Pendroy, mesonet…
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 58 mph gust.
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Mesonet station MTBWG Browning DOT measured a gust of 59 mph. Additionally, the sensor measured sustained winds, averaged over an hour, of 40 mph.
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RAWS station TR276 L-C Portable No. 1 measured two gusts in excess of 60 mph, including a max gust of 68 mph.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo measured multiple gusts in excess of 58 mph, including a peak gust of 69 mph.
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RAWS station TR276 L-C Portable No.1 measured two gusts in excess of 58, including a peak of 68 mph.
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Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) measured a 69 mph gust.
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RAWS station TR276 L-C Portable No. 1 measured a 71 mph gust.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 0 |
| 2023 | 40 | 0 |
| 2022 | 20 | 0 |
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