Heavy Snow, Central and Se Phillips
- When
- March 17, 9:00 AM MST to 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Central and Se Phillips forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.259, -107.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1997
A storm system moving across central Montana with cold arctic air to the northeast and a milder pacific air mass to the southwest produced heavy snow across portions of northcentral and northeast Montana. The heaviest snowfall reported was 6 inches at Malta.
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 GGW wrote it up.
A storm system moving across central Montana with cold arctic air to the northeast and a milder pacific air mass to the southwest produced heavy snow across portions of northcentral and northeast Montana. The heaviest snowfall reported was 6 inches at Malta.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Montana, March 17, 1997
- Dense Fog in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1997
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, March 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: 5614302.