Heavy Snow, Flathead/Mission Valleys
- When
- May 23, 1:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Flathead/Mission Valleys forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.872, -114.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, May 23, 1996
Heavy snow fell over the eastern slopes of the northern portion of the rockies. 6 inches fell at St Mary with 12 to 18 inches reported on some of the higher foothills.
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 TFX wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell over the eastern slopes of the northern portion of the rockies. 6 inches fell at St Mary with 12 to 18 inches reported on some of the higher foothills.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 23 to 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, May 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Heat in Alabama, May 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 23, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 23 to 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, May 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: 5544101.