Avalanche, Gallatin/Madison
- When
- January 18, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Gallatin/Madison forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Fatality was a snowmobiler
Avalanche in Montana, January 18, 1998
1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
Event by event
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche, Gallatin/Madison | 1998-01-18 | 24 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in California, January 18, 1998
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, January 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nevada, January 18 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, January 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 18, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Montana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 1998
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: 5628077.