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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
804 PM MST WED DEC 17 2025
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0713 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 SW HARPSTER 45.96N 116.00W
12/17/2025 IDAHO ID LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 13 BETWEEN MP 6 AND 11 WAS SHUT DOWN
DUE TO POWER LINES LYING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
0728 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE NOXON 47.97N 115.72W
12/17/2025 SANDERS MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
POWER LINE DOWN.
0740 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SE TUSCOR 47.89N 115.66W
12/17/2025 SANDERS MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE BLOCKED ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY 200.
0744 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 11 NNE HERON 48.21N 115.86W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MULTIPLE FALLEN TREES ALL ALONG MT-56.
0800 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 7 SSE GRANGEVILLE 45.82N 116.08W
12/17/2025 IDAHO ID EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED ALONG GRANGEVILLE
SALMON ROAD. POWER OUTAGES WERE STILL GOING
ON LATER IN THE EVENING IN ELK CITY AND
DIXIE.
0800 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG GRANGEVILLE 45.93N 116.12W
12/17/2025 IDAHO ID EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. SHINGLES
BLOWN OFF ROOFS IN GRANGEVILLE. SCHOOLS WERE
CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE WINDS.
0800 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG OROFINO 46.48N 116.25W
12/17/2025 CLEARWATER ID EMERGENCY MNGR
THE COUNTY ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT MOST
CLEARWATER COUNTY ROADS WERE BLOCKED OR
PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES. SCHOOLS
WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE WIND. A TREE BRANCH
WENT THROUGH A ROOF OF A TRAILER HOME IN
HIDDEN VILLAGE. A STATEMENT THAT TRAVEL WAS
NOT RECOMMENDED WENT OUT AT 11 AM PST. THERE
ARE STILL POWER OUTAGES LINGERING INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.
0820 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 7 W LOLO 46.75N 114.23W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STRONG WINDS BLOWING TREES AND DEBRIS ONTO
US-12 WEST OF LOLO FROM MILEPOST 16 TO 32.6.
0850 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE CONDON 47.47N 113.68W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOWNED TREE PARTIALLY BLOCKED SOUTHBOUND
LANE OF MT-83 AT MP 38.5.
0850 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SE SALMON PRAIRIE 47.61N 113.76W
12/17/2025 LAKE MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOWNED TREE PARTIALLY BLOCKING SOUTHBOUND
LANE OF HIGHWAY 83.
0900 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 S FINLEY POINT 47.69N 114.06W
12/17/2025 LAKE MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MT-35 WAS FULLY BLOCKED BY A FALLEN TREE.
0914 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE LAKESIDE 48.01N 114.22W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT TRAINED SPOTTER
3 LARGE TREES DOWN ON POLITICAL HILL ROAD.
0920 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 9 SSE CONDON 47.41N 113.65W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUED
A MESSAGE TO WATCH FOR FALLING TREES ON
MT-83.
0922 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ROLLINS 47.91N 114.20W
12/17/2025 LAKE MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
POWER LINE DOWN, BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF
US-93 AT MP 88.0.
0926 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG SOMERS 48.08N 114.23W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT NWS EMPLOYEE
SEMI BLOWN OVER ALONG HIGHWAY 93 NEAR
SOMERS.
0930 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW MISSOULA 46.89N 114.04W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT PUBLIC
TRANSMISSION POWER POLE TILTED OVER RESERVE
STREET.
0930 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CORVALLIS 46.31N 114.11W
12/17/2025 RAVALLI MT PUBLIC
FACEBOOK PHOTO OF A BROKEN POWER POLE BY THE
CORVALLIS PRIMARY SCHOOL. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
0930 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG THOMPSON FALLS 47.60N 115.35W
12/17/2025 SANDERS MT EMERGENCY MNGR
EM FOR SANDERS CO REPORTED PIECES OF THE
ROOF AT THOMPSON FALLS SCHOOL HAS BEEN BLOWN
OFF.
0955 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 S FINLEY POINT 47.69N 114.05W
12/17/2025 LAKE MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MDT IS REPORTING THAT HIGHWAY 35 IS CLOSED
FROM MILE MAKER 2.8 TO 6.0 DUE TO TREES DOWN
AND OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE ROADWAY.
0957 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 W KALISPELL 48.20N 114.35W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 2
BETWEEN KALISPELL AND LIBBY. FLATHEAD
ELECTRIC HAS REPORTED 30,000 WITHOUT POWER.
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 N HUSON 47.05N 114.32W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT PUBLIC
POWER OUTAGE. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NW LIBBY 48.40N 115.57W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE LIBBY 48.34N 115.52W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT PUBLIC
80-FOOT ENGELMANN SPRUCE UPROOTED DUE TO
HIGH WINDS AND SATURATED SOIL. TREE FELL
NORTH.
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE NYACK 48.41N 113.73W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT PARK/FOREST SRVC
A FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED AROUND
10 TREES WERE DOWN ALONG U.S.-2, SOME OF
WHICH WERE LYING ON POWER LINES. THEY SAID
IT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ESSEX.
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 NE APGAR 48.56N 113.93W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT PARK/FOREST SRVC
APPROXIMATELY 50 TREES DOWN ALONG
GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD. TREES ARE ALSO DOWN
ALONG CAMAS ROAD AND ALONG THE BIKE PATH.
POWER WAS OUT THIS MORNING BUT IS BACK ON.
IT TRIED TO SNOW BUT DIDNT AMOUNT TO
ANYTHING.
1007 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG WOODS BAY 48.00N 114.05W
12/17/2025 LAKE MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
POWER LINE IN ROADWAY. MT-35 ROAD WAS
BLOCKED.
1021 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG KILA 48.12N 114.46W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SMITH VALLEY FD IN KILA REPORTED A DOWNED
POWERLINE SPARKED A FIRE.
1025 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW MISSOULA 46.88N 114.02W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT BROADCAST MEDIA
WEST BROADWAY BLOCKED DUE TO A DOWNED TREE
AT BIRCH STREET.
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SE STEVENSVILLE 46.49N 114.07W
12/17/2025 RAVALLI MT PUBLIC
TREE BLOCKING LOGAN AND PINE HOLLOW ROAD.
1045 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 9 SSE LIBBY 48.27N 115.50W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT PUBLIC
LOST AT LEAST 8 LARGE TREES DUE TO THE HIGH
WINDS.
1049 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 ENE BONNER 46.89N 113.79W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY 200 CLOSED FROM MILE MARKER 4 TO 5
DUE TO TREES BLOCKING BOTH SIDES OF THE
ROAD.
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE CLINTON 46.78N 113.68W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROADWAY AND POWER OUT
ON WALLACE CREEK ROAD.
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SW GRANTSDALE 46.18N 114.17W
12/17/2025 RAVALLI MT PUBLIC
MULTIPLE PONDEROSA PINE TREES TOPPLED AND
SNAPPED IN HALF.
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 7 NE PLAINS 47.52N 114.76W
12/17/2025 SANDERS MT PUBLIC
DOWNED POWER LINE AROUND MILE MARKER 8.5 ON
HIGHWAY 28 NEAR RAINBOW LAKE. TIME IS
ESTIMATED.
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE PARADISE 47.33N 114.78W
12/17/2025 SANDERS MT PUBLIC
AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN PONDEROSA PINE TREES
FELL WITH THE HIGH WIND AT THE HOT SPRINGS.
TIME IS ESTIMATED.
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW LIBBY 48.39N 115.58W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT PUBLIC
THE HIGH WINDS BLEW OFF PART OF A ROOF.
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 9 NNE BEND 48.03N 114.96W
12/17/2025 FLATHEAD MT PUBLIC
A LARGE TREE FELL ACROSS US-2, BLOCKING BOTH
LANES. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
1120 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW NINEMILE 47.01N 114.41W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOWNED POWER LINES ALONG HIGHWAY 10 WEST.
1126 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SW EAST MISSOULA 46.86N 113.96W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE PARTIALLY BLOCKED THE WESTBOUND
OFF-RAMP OF I-90.
1130 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 N LIBBY 48.47N 115.53W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT PUBLIC
TREE BLOCKED PIPE CREEK ROAD. A SMALL FIRE
WAS STARTED BY THE POWER LINE.
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 W SAINT REGIS 47.31N 115.22W
12/17/2025 MINERAL MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOWNED TREE PARTIALLY BLOCKING WESTBOUND
LANE ON INTERSTATE 90. LEFT LANE WAS OPEN.
1200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON 46.24N 114.16W
12/17/2025 RAVALLI MT PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE FIR TREES FELL DUE TO THE HIGH
WINDS, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN SOUTH THIRD AND
FOURTH STREETS. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
1200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW LIBBY 48.40N 115.58W
12/17/2025 LINCOLN MT PUBLIC
LARGE TREE BLOCKING INDIAN HEAD ROAD.
0130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 E BUTTE 46.00N 112.52W
12/17/2025 SILVER BOW MT BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WINDS LEFT TREES EITHER SHEARED
MID-TRUNK OR COMPLETELY TOPPLED THROUGHOUT
THE BUTTE AREA. THE STORM FURTHER
COMPROMISED THE GRID, WITH LIVE POWER LINES
DOWNED, TRIGGERING SEVERAL SMALL GROUND
FIRES.
0130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW SEELEY LAKE 47.22N 113.53W
12/17/2025 MISSOULA MT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF SEELEY LAKE.
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