191 first-hand accounts of flood events in Montana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A large scale trough draped over the western 1/3rd of the US, with the axis |generally orientated northeast to southwest from Western Montana.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across many areas of south central and southeast Montana during the latter portions of the month. A considerable snow cover existed through the month. Surface and sub-surface ground temperatures remained frozen through the last week of March.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across many areas of south central and southeast Montana during the latter portions of the month. A considerable snow cover existed through the month. Surface and sub-surface ground temperatures remained frozen through the last week of March.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across many areas of south central and southeast Montana during the latter portions of the month. A considerable snow cover existed through the month. Surface and sub-surface ground temperatures remained frozen through the last week of March.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across many areas of south central and southeast Montana during the latter portions of the month. A considerable snow cover existed through the month. Surface and sub-surface ground temperatures remained frozen through the last week of March.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across many areas of south central and southeast Montana during the latter portions of the month. A considerable snow cover existed through the month. Surface and sub-surface ground temperatures remained frozen through the last week of March.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across many areas of south central and southeast Montana during the latter portions of the month. A considerable snow cover existed through the month. Surface and sub-surface ground temperatures remained frozen through the last week of March.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms developed across northwest Montana ahead of an approaching upper level trough. The main threat with these storms was heavy rain and some hail. In one case, the thunderstorm sat stationary for an hour and dumped heavy rain over Hot Springs.
Read the full account →Rapidly melting snow pack caused area creeks and streams to overflow their banks. Some road damage including a few road washouts and closures were a result.
Read the full account →A Pacific low pressure system continued to feed a relatively moist southwest flow into the region. The dynamic weren't quite conducive for severe weather but there was enough moisture and instability for the development of showers and thunderstorms with the capability to…
Read the full account →The Big Muddy river rose above the estimated flood stage of 12 feet on March 17. The river remained above flood stage through March 29, peaking at 16.59 feet at 11 a.m. on March 22. The rising waters inundated three roads in the area.
Read the full account →Low pressure along the west coast spread deeper moisture increasing the chances for showers and thunderstorms across the region through Independence Day.
Read the full account →Low pressure along the west coast spread deeper moisture increasing the chances for showers and thunderstorms across the region through Independence Day.
Read the full account →Very heavy thunderstorms moved across portions of southeast Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 5th. Rainfall anywhere from 1 to 6 inches was reported across this area. In addition, large hail also occurred with a few of these thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Very heavy thunderstorms moved across portions of southeast Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 5th. Rainfall anywhere from 1 to 6 inches was reported across this area. In addition, large hail also occurred with a few of these thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Very heavy thunderstorms moved across portions of southeast Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 5th. Rainfall anywhere from 1 to 6 inches was reported across this area. In addition, large hail also occurred with a few of these thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Very heavy thunderstorms moved across portions of southeast Montana during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 5th. Rainfall anywhere from 1 to 6 inches was reported across this area. In addition, large hail also occurred with a few of these thunderstorms.
Read the full account →An unstable northwest flow aloft resulted in the development of a few severe thunderstorms across portions of the Billings Forecast Area. Large hail along with strong winds brought numerous reports of damage to cars on the west end of Billings.
Read the full account →Several severe thunderstorms moved across the Billings Forecast Area during the late afternoon into the evening hours of the 31st. The most notable severe thunderstorm moved across the Roundup area. This thunderstorm produced very large hail along with flash flooding.
Read the full account →A trough aloft and embedded low pressure center moved slowly east-southeastward over north-central and southwest Montana on June 23rd. Abundant low-level moisture and cold air aloft associated with the trough allowed scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop via daytime…
Read the full account →Moderate instability, moderate vertical wind shear, and unusually-high humidity resided over eastern portions of north-central Montana during the late morning and early afternoon of June 7th.
Read the full account →A trough aloft and embedded low pressure center moved slowly east-southeastward over north-central and southwest Montana on June 23rd. Abundant low-level moisture and cold air aloft associated with the trough allowed scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop via daytime…
Read the full account →A supercell produced a wet microburst in the vicinity of Simms, Sun River, Fort Shaw, Fairfield, and Power in Cascade and Teton Counties between 6:40 PM and 7:10 PM MDT on June 25th. Winds associated with this microburst were estimated to have been in the range of 70 to 90 mph.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and evening hours on June 28th, severe weather broke out across much of the Billings Forecast Area. The most severe weather occurred across southeast Montana, mainly Carter County where golf ball size and larger hail, straight line winds 70-80 mph and…
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