Flood, Beaverhead
- When
- March 17, 1:00 PM MST to March 23, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead forecast zone
Flood in Montana, March 17 to 23, 1996
Snow melt and ice jams lead to flooding on the Milk River in Phillips and Valley county and on the Yellowstone River in Richland county. Numerous roads were impassible preventing many people from reaching there homes.
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 GGW wrote it up.
Snow melt and ice jams lead to flooding on the Milk River in Phillips and Valley county and on the Yellowstone River in Richland county. Numerous roads were impassible preventing many people from reaching there homes. Crop land along the river was under water and livestock was threatened in many areas.
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 Louisiana, March 17, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 17, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 17 to 18, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, March 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582849.