Heavy Snow, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- February 27, 12:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Montana, February 27 to 28, 1997
Portions of central Montana received 4 to 6 inches of new snow. Shonkin reported the most with 16 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Portions of central Montana received 4 to 6 inches of new snow. Shonkin reported the most with 16 inches.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Eastern Glacier
- When
- February 27, 12:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Chouteau
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM MST to February 28, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southern Lewis and Clark
- When
- February 27, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Lewis and Clark forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascade
- When
- February 27, 10:00 AM MST to February 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
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
- Dense Fog in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 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: 5590120, 5590121, 5590122, 5590124, 5590123.