Flood, Kootenai/Cabinet Region
- When
- April 10, 8:00 AM MST to April 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Kootenai/Cabinet Region forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.171, -114.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Montana, April 10 to 18, 1996
Ashley creek west of Kalispell ran out of its banks on 4/10/96 and began to flood homes. Stillwater River also ran out of its banks and flooded low lying areas in southeast parts of Kalispell.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.
Ashley creek west of Kalispell ran out of its banks on 4/10/96 and began to flood homes. Stillwater River also ran out of its banks and flooded low lying areas in southeast parts of Kalispell. Flood waters filled fields on 4/14/96 of east Flathead Valley farmers with road closures and washouts. Flood waters ruined the winter wheat crop. On 4/15/96 flood waters on the Stillwater River caused a log jams on bridges north of Kalispell with numerous road washouts and slumping of Twin Bridges road. On 4/17/97 flood waters caused roads to be closed and washed out in Whitefish.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Vermont, April 10 to 11, 1996
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Winter Weather in New York, April 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 10 to 11, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 10, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 10, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 10, 1996
- Flood in Montana, April 10, 1996
- Hail in Montana, April 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5549421.