Heavy Snow, Stillwater/Carbon
- When
- June 2, 9:00 PM MST to June 4, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Stillwater/Carbon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.669, -109.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, June 2 to 4, 1998
A slow moving low pressure system over the Great Basin spread moisture over an unseasonably cold airmass which was in place over South Central Montana from the evening of June 2 through the morning of June 4. The result was a heavy snowfall in the Beartooth Mountains with snow falling as low as 5000 feet.
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.
A slow moving low pressure system over the Great Basin spread moisture over an unseasonably cold airmass which was in place over South Central Montana from the evening of June 2 through the morning of June 4. The result was a heavy snowfall in the Beartooth Mountains with snow falling as low as 5000 feet. Red Lodge received 6 inches of snow and Roberts picked up 4 inches.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in West Virginia, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in New York, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Montana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5649830.