191 first-hand accounts of flood events in Montana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana.
Read the full account →Recent snowmelt from northern Phillips County and central and northern Valley County contributed to many area creeks and streams running freely and feeding into the main-stem Milk River and Poplar River.
Read the full account →Recent snowmelt from northern Phillips County and central and northern Valley County contributed to many area creeks and streams running freely and feeding into the main-stem Milk River and Poplar River.
Read the full account →Multiple thunderstorms developed over north-central and southwest Montana during the afternoon and evening of May 9th, 2018 as a shortwave trough and accompanying Pacific cold front approached from the west.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms crossed the Continental Divide during the afternoon of June 3 and strengthened as they moved over the plains of North-Central Montana.
Read the full account →As a low pressure center aloft consolidated over Washington state, isolated showers and thunderstorms developed over north-central and southwest Montana during the afternoon and early evening of May 10th, 2018. This was especially the case over and near higher terrain.
Read the full account →As a low pressure center aloft consolidated over Washington state, isolated showers and thunderstorms developed over north-central and southwest Montana during the afternoon and early evening of May 10th, 2018. This was especially the case over and near higher terrain.
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
Read the full account →A warmer than normal period for early March allowed much of the remaining seasonal snowpack to melt. With already saturated soils across the area, the melt water easily caused flooding conditions as the run-off was quickly directed through small streams and creeks toward the…
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