Flood, Yellowstone/Big Horn
- When
- June 8, 9:15 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone/Big Horn forecast zone
Flood in Montana, June 8, 1997
Emergency traffic only in downtown billings with most city streets full of water.
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.
Emergency traffic only in downtown billings with most city streets full of water.
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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8 to 9, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8 to 12, 1997
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 8, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Wyoming, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 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: 5604645.