Heavy Snow, Kootenai/Cabinet Region
- When
- November 29, 8:00 AM MST to November 30, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Kootenai/Cabinet Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.171, -114.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, November 29 to 30, 2000
Seven inches at Swan Lake and six inches new snow at Olney and Hot Springs.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Seven inches at Swan Lake and six inches new snow at Olney and Hot Springs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Blackfoot Region
- When
- November 29, 8:00 AM MST to November 30, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Blackfoot Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.986, -113.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Flathead/Mission Valleys
- When
- November 29, 8:00 AM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Flathead/Mission Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.872, -114.424 (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
- High Wind in California, November 29, 2000
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 29 to 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 29 to 30, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 29, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 29, 2000
- Winter Weather in Virginia, November 29, 2000
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, November 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 29, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, November 29, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, November 29, 2000
More
Every storm in Montana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 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: 5159012, 5159013, 5160053.