Power Outage in Capitol, MT

Blizzard. Frequent wind gusts 40 to 50 mph producing significant blowing snow resulted in widespread whiteout conditions. Most state highways were closed including 12 (between Miles City and Baker), 7 (between Wibaux and Ekalaka) and 323 south to Alzada. Schools were also closed across the area. In addition, many power outages occurred due to high winds and ice build up on power lines from fog and freezing drizzle.

March 05, 2018

Winter Storm. Snowfall of 10-13 inches along with power outages were reported across the area.

April 09, 2017

Thunderstorm Wind. Considerable damage occurred in the town of Ekalaka. The door from a newspaper building was blown off its hinges. An 80 foot tall 36 inch diameter Cottonwood tree was blown over along with numerous trailers being overturned. There was tree damage and power lines down all over town resulting in power outages. Other damages included blown down distribution poles and broken windows. In addition, four hangers and an enclosed private aircraft at the county airport suffered severe damage.

August 21, 2014

Tornado. A supercell thunderstorm developed very quickly in Eastern Carter County around 2:15 pm. The thunderstorm produced the first ever EF-3 rated tornado in southern Montana. The tornado first touched down at 2:27 pm around 13 miles southwest of Camp Crook, South Dakota, or about 10 miles southwest of Capitol, Montana. The tornado formed in the Sheep Mountains and eventually crossed Tie Creek Road as it moved slowly north. People lost site of the tornado as it entered Custer National Forest around 3:30 pm. ||The tornado was on the ground for an hour and traveled 10 miles and was reported to be a half mile wide at times. The tornado completely destroyed a trailer home, twisting and throwing debris over a mile. A small and old A-frame school house was completely destroyed, with debris blown 100 yards away, leaving only the basement behind. Six vehicles were picked up and tossed up to 200 yards. Around 20 power poles were snapped off with one pulled up out of the ground. In addition, 20 hay bales, weighing 3/4 ton a piece, were blown so far away that they were not recovered. A swath of trees on the north end of the track into the Custer National Forest was flattened by the tornado. There were no injuries or deaths from the tornado but two horses were killed. ||This was the strongest tornado ever recorded in the Billings National Weather Service area of responsibility.

June 17, 2014

Heavy Snow. Snowfall amounts around 12 inches were common across the southern portions of the county. Trees were downed and roads were closed. There were also widespread power outages.

October 04, 2013

Slater shows up to the main campus, and we experience a power outage... Coincidence? Probably. https://t.co/hjynDcYqSU

@MrStreatrr - November 21, 2022 15:35

@JcJaneJetson Santa Ana winds are so spooky, esp when they dont exist near the power outage

@acls9_9 - October 10, 2019 16:41