Mar 11, 1996
A rapid warming of temperatures, after an extended cold, snowy period, caused ice jams and flooding problems across north central Montana. Many small streams went out of their banks, washing out numerous roads. 3 homes were flooded on the Fort Belknap reservation and most roads were closed. Other hard hit areas included Blaine county where a basement was flooded in the town of Lohman. The Marias river went out of it's banks, flooding low lying areas, including one farm south of Shelby. Seve
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5544421). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Flathead/mission Valleys County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.