Flood, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- February 8, 3:30 PM MST to February 10, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
Flood in Montana, February 8 to 10, 1996
Tongue River was flooding due to ice jams near mouth of river close to Miles City, Custer County, of Southeast Montana. About 20 familes were being warned of rising water.
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 BYZ wrote it up.
Tongue River was flooding due to ice jams near mouth of river close to Miles City, Custer County, of Southeast Montana. About 20 familes were being warned of rising water. A day later, the houses were spared from flooding, but the ice jam flooding problem was persisting.
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
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, February 8 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 8 to 11, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 8, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 8 to 9, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 8, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, February 8 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537869.