Flood, Butte / Blackfoot Region
- When
- February 9, 10:00 AM MST to February 10, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Butte / Blackfoot Region forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.306, -113.025 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Montana, February 9 to 10, 1996
Floods damaged home, property, and killed livestock south of Laurel in Yellowstone County of South Central Montana. Yellowstone River flooded and caused an estimated loss of $5250 for pigs killed and $1500 for calves killed.
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 BYZ wrote it up.
Floods damaged home, property, and killed livestock south of Laurel in Yellowstone County of South Central Montana. Yellowstone River flooded and caused an estimated loss of $5250 for pigs killed and $1500 for calves killed. Seventy-six feeder pigs and 10 calves were killed. About $100,000 worth of farm equipment damaged. This occurred at the property of Jim Davenport III.
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
- Flooding in Iowa, February 9 to 12, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 9, 1996
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 9, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 9 to 10, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, February 9, 1996
- Flood in Montana, February 9, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537864.