MonDak WX

29/06/2024

A lot of people don't understand why anyone would want to live in a place where your face freezes every time you walk out a door for half of the year, but I've seen a lot more in the middle of nowhere than I have in any city.

27/06/2024

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2024-06-27: Severe Thunderstorm Watch 473 has been issued for all of eastern Montana until 8:00 PM tonight. Scattered damaging wind up to 75 mph, large hail, and isolated very large hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter likely. A tornado or two is also possible.

We will be live streaming a little later on this afternoon at https://twitch.tv/MonDakWX

26/06/2024

2024-06-26: The Storm Predication Center outlook for tomorrow (2024-06-27) has been updated. With this change comes an increased risk of all hazards.

There is a reasonable chance that this will be a damaging event for some. It is never too early to be prepared.

25/06/2024

2024-06-25: While it is still a couple days out and things can change, Thursday (2024-06-27) could be an active severe weather day for portions of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

21/06/2024

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2024-06-21: The Storm Predication Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #442 for portions of central Montana in effect until 8:00 PM MDT tonight. Primary threats include damaging winds, large hail and isolated very large hail. An tornado or two is also possible. (Graphic by NWS Glasgow)

21/06/2024

2024-06-21: Current discussion from the Storm Prediction Center underscores the potential for supercell development in central Montana today. Models appear to be having some difficulty with this setup but conditions are favorable for the development of severe storms capable of all hazards, including strong wind, large hail, and a possible tornado.

There is a good chance a watch will be issued later this afternoon.

11/05/2024

Light show tonight. Just as much activity to the south as there is to the north.

25/02/2023

Headed to south western Oklahoma tomorrow. The SPC Day 2 Outlook shows a moderate risk with a 5% tornado risk. Odds are looking good for a chase.

05/01/2023

29/12/2022

The situation in Denver is getting bad quickly. Check out David's stream.

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29/12/2022

We posted a video of the multi-day December winter storm in eastern Montana over on our YouTube channel. We didn't get out of town much on this one due to timing and dangerous temperatures.

We didn't leave town much during this event. Timing was difficult during the first part of the event and extremely dangerous temperatures during the second h...

08/12/2022

Confidence continues to increase that a winter storm will impact the region early next week. At this time the highest potential for significant impacts extends across much of the Dakotas and Minnesota. Be sure to check back for updates as uncertainties still remain with the timing and track of this system.

30/08/2022

August sunset.

25/07/2022

We've been a little slow getting photos published for the month of July. We've had a couple of severe weather events in eastern Montana but we have been mostly focusing on the video aspect lately. You can see those on our YouTube channel. We are working on tightening all of this up and eventually providing real-time video streams when data permits.

High resolution non-watermarked copies of all images are available for purchase by contacting [email protected].

25/07/2022

Severe and non-severe storms over Froid, MT and Sioux Pass, MT.

25/07/2022

Sunset behind a severe storm between Glendive, MT and Savage, MT.

25/07/2022

Sunset behind clouds in Sidney, MT.

25/07/2022

This storm eventually produced large hail around Terry, MT.

07/07/2022

Video of storm over Sioux pass on afternoon of 2022-07-06.

Short lived severe thunderstorm over Sioux Pass, Montana.

25/04/2022

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MDU is reporting an "unprecedented" situation. Estimated restoration times are as follows:

Kenmare, ND: Tonight

Beach, Sentinel Butte, ND: Late tonight or early tomorrow

Mohall, Tioga, Stanley, ND: Tomorrow

Watford City, Williston, ND: Tomorrow or Tuesday

Grenora, Zahl, Crosby, Noonan, Powers Lake, McGregor, Wildrose, ND: End of the week

Ambrose could be without power for up to two weeks due to around 8 miles of line needing to be rebuilt.

They have been unable to assess the full magnitude of the damage yet.

Mountrail Williams is currently working on their transmission lines. These need to be repaired before distribution lines can be addressed. They hope to begin resorting power by late tomorrow but are asking customers to plan for "much longer".

McKenzie Electric also reports damage to transmission lines. They encourage customers to preserve head where possible and continue to report outages that have not yet been reported.

11/04/2022

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The winter storm watch has been upgraded to blizzard warning for far eastern Montana and most of western North Dakota. East south eastern Montana is under a winter storm warning. This is in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening.

Heavy snow and blowing snow is likely with dangerous travel conditions. North winds of 15 to 30 mph gusting to 45 mph will create hazardous conditions. Action will be necessary to protect newborn livestock.

20/02/2022

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First severe thunderstorm warning of 2022.