Montana, 1999

Flood in Montana, May 29 to 30, 1999

May 29 to 30, 1999 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The road between 9th Street Island and Siebeck Island was closed as water overflowed its banks along the Yellowstone River in Livingston.

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.

The road between 9th Street Island and Siebeck Island was closed as water overflowed its banks along the Yellowstone River in Livingston.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Wheatland/Park/Sweet Grass

When
May 29, 12:00 PM MST to May 30, 7:00 PM MST
Where
Wheatland/Park/Sweet Grass forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

More

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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: 5694544.