Heavy Snow, Kootenai/Cabinet Region
- When
- February 26, 12:00 AM MST to February 27, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- Kootenai/Cabinet Region forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.171, -114.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, February 26 to 27, 1997
12 inches of new snow at Discovery Ski Area, and Kalispell. 16 inches new snow at Martin City.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 MSO wrote it up.
12 inches of new snow at Discovery Ski Area, and Kalispell. 13 inches new snow at Big Mountain Ski Resort, and Columbia Falls.16 inches new snow at Martin City. Six to eight inches of new snow reported around Flathead Lake.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, West Glacier Region
- When
- February 26, 12:00 AM MST to February 27, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- West Glacier Region forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.971, -114.069 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Flathead/Mission Valleys
- When
- February 26, 12:00 AM MST to February 27, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- Flathead/Mission Valleys forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.872, -114.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Bitterroot / Sapphire Mountains
- When
- February 26, 12:00 AM MST to February 27, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- Bitterroot / Sapphire Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.508, -113.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 26 to 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, February 26, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Missouri, February 26 to 27, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, February 26 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 26 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 1997
- Flooding in Missouri, February 26 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 26, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 26 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 26 to 27, 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: 5587859, 5587860, 5587861, 5587862.