Flood, Butte / Blackfoot Region
- When
- June 11, 12:00 AM MST to June 14, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Butte / Blackfoot Region forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.306, -113.025 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Montana, June 11 to 14, 1996
Flooding around the Yellowstone River at Huntley, Worden, and Pompey's Pillar in Yellowstone County of South Central Montana flooded corn fields and stranded cattle.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
Flooding around the Yellowstone River at Huntley, Worden, and Pompey's Pillar in Yellowstone County of South Central Montana flooded corn fields and stranded cattle.
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
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 11, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552423.