Flash Flood, Big Horn
- When
- June 7, 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Decker
- Coordinates
- 45.424, -107.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Montana, June 7, 1997
Big Horn county DES reports minor washouts of gravel county roads with several creeks out of banks.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 BYZ wrote it up.
Big Horn county DES reports minor washouts of gravel county roads with several creeks out of banks.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 7 to 12, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, June 7, 1997
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 7 to 8, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, June 7, 1997
- Tornado in Colorado, June 7, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 7, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 7, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, June 7, 1997
- Flood in Louisiana, June 7, 1997
- Waterspout in Alabama, June 7, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, June 7, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 7, 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: 5604642.