Strong Storm Strikes Fort Peck Area

The area around the dam at Fort Peck Reservoir was one of the areas hit the hardest by a powerful wind storm on Thursday, Aug. 7.

Ted Jamba, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Glasgow, said Duck Creek and Lambert were the two locations that suffered the greatest damage.

Wind gusts of up to 84 miles per hour were confirmed by a trained weather spotter near Duck Creek at 5:50 p.m. Wind gusts at least 80 mph lasted three minutes and the storm also featured heavy rain.

Damage include shingles coming off many roofs, a couple of campers flipping over and a storage shed destroyed.

“Power was still out this morning in Fort Peck,” Jamba said on Friday.

Wind gusts of 80 mph were reported in Lambert. The storm knocked out several windows. The Wolf Point airport reported wind gusts of 66 mph with heavy rain.

Other wind gusts reported were 79 mph in Baker and 74 in Miles City.

The weather forecast for this upcoming weekend includes partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 80s.