Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2024
60 winter storm warnings in 2024. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 60
- Busiest month
- February12 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 16, 20243 winter storm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:57 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 5 days |
| Jan 8, 1:53 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Cascade, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton | 4 days |
| Jan 10, 1:13 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Missoula and 4 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:11 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 67 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:41 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:11 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Petroleum, Phillips | 43 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:46 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Rosebud and 5 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 20, 6:39 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:16 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell | 4 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:22 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Gallatin, Glacier and 8 more | 58 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:44 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin and 4 more | 56 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:11 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:34 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:14 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 1 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:19 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Stillwater and 3 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:31 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Granite, Missoula, Ravalli | 31 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:44 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:35 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Pondera and 1 more | 57 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:28 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 43 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:56 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 26 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:18 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 66 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:12 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Cascade, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison | 44 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:25 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Sheridan, Valley | 39 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:47 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison | 60 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:35 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon | 27 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:47 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton | 49 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:14 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:29 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin | 44 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:40 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell and 4 more | 50 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Powder River, Rosebud | 3 days |
| Apr 5, 1:57 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 48 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:57 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison | 57 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:00 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 60 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:46 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison | 59 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:48 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 60 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:35 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Glacier, Judith Basin, Meagher, Pondera | 3 days |
| May 5, 1:40 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 7 more | 3 days |
| May 7, 2:23 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 44 hr |
| May 20, 1:57 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 39 hr |
| May 21, 2:42 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 6 more | 50 hr |
| May 22, 2:37 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 43 hr |
| May 22, 8:25 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow | 28 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:07 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:01 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 19 hr |
| Oct 15, 1:11 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison | 68 hr |
| Oct 15, 1:46 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 70 hr |
| Oct 28, 12:18 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 57 hr |
| Nov 3, 1:57 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 6 more | 63 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:29 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 42 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:29 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 36 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:26 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon | 32 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:29 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 22 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:25 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Liberty, Pondera, Toole | 40 hr |
| Dec 6, 11:09 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lincoln, Sanders | 36 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:01 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Hill | 34 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:01 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:38 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 34 hr |
| Dec 17, 10:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 27 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:50 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:45 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 44 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carbon County17
- Beaverhead County14
- Stillwater County14
- Sweet Grass County14
- Gallatin County13
- Madison County13
- Park County13
- Missoula County12
- Cascade County11
- Lewis and Clark County11
- Pondera County11
- Big Horn County11
- Glacier County10
- Chouteau County10
- Flathead County9
- Granite County9
- Lake County9
- Sanders County9
- Teton County9
- Judith Basin County9
- Meagher County9
- Powell County8
- Fergus County8
- Wheatland County8
- Mineral County7
- Ravalli County7
- Lincoln County6
- Broadwater County6
- Blaine County5
- Hill County5
- Deer Lodge County4
- Silver Bow County4
- Jefferson County4
- Toole County4
- Phillips County4
- Sheridan County4
- Liberty County3
- Petroleum County3
- Musselshell County3
- Rosebud County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.