Flood, Lower Clark Fork/Bitterroot Mountains
- When
- June 3, 8:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lower Clark Fork/Bitterroot Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.286, -114.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Montana, June 3, 1997
Continued flooding from snowmelt in the Clark Fork River caused flooding in basements and high ground water in Plains, while East River Road and Vermillion Road saw erosion.
Where it happened
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- 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 MSO wrote it up.
Continued flooding from snowmelt in the Clark Fork River caused flooding in basements and high ground water in Plains, while East River Road and Vermillion Road saw erosion.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Rip Current in South Carolina, June 3, 1997
- Hail in South Carolina, June 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 3, 1997
- Hail in South Carolina, June 3, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 3, 1997
- Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 1997
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, June 3, 1997
- Flood in Idaho, June 3 to 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 3, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, June 3 to 4, 1997
- Flood in Michigan, June 3 to 5, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5614284.