Heavy Snow, Cascade
- When
- February 22, 12:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Montana, February 22, 1997
A small area in central Montana received heavy snow. 6 inches was reported by a spotter 20 miles southeast of Cascade.
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.
A small area in central Montana received heavy snow. 6 inches was reported by a spotter 20 miles southeast of Cascade. Another spotter, 8 miles north of Neihart, also reported 6 inches.
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
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- Damaging Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
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- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, February 22, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 22 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 1997
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: 5590125.