Heavy Snow, Butte / Pintlar Region
- When
- March 27, 5:00 PM MST to March 28, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte / Pintlar Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.306, -113.025 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, March 27 to 29, 2000
In Granite County, Discovery Ski Resort 7 inches new snow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 MSO wrote it up.
In Lincoln County, Stahl Peak received 9 inches new snow.In Flathead County, Noisy Basin 15 inches, Big Mountain Ski Resort 6 to 10 inches and Blacktail Mountain 6 inches new snow.In Sanders County, Lookout Pass Ski Resort 6 inches new snow.In Granite County, Discovery Ski Resort 7 inches new snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Kootenai/Cabinet Region
- When
- March 28, 6:00 AM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Kootenai/Cabinet Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.171, -114.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, West Glacier Region
- When
- March 28, 6:00 AM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- West Glacier Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.971, -114.069 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lower Clark Fork Region
- When
- March 28, 6:00 AM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lower Clark Fork Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.286, -114.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 27, 2000
- Hail in Georgia, March 27, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 27 to 28, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Montana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, March 2000
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: 5134385, 5134383, 5134384, 5134386.