Montana, 2001

Winter Storm in Montana, December 13 to 14, 2001

December 13 to 14, 2001 · NWS TFX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 13, 3:00 PM MST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 3:00 PM MST, 5 hours before
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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, North Rocky Mountain Front

When
December 13, 8:00 PM MST to December 14, 6:00 AM MST
Where
North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

SNOTEL automated mountain observing sites reported widespread 0.50 liquid equivalent accumulations with strong winds across zones 9 (Northern Rocky Mountain Front) and 48 (Southern Rocky Mountain Front) from the evening of 12/13/2001 to the morning of 12/14/2001.

Winter Storm, Southern Rocky Mountain Front

When
December 13, 8:00 PM MST to December 14, 6:00 AM MST
Where
Southern Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Montana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 2001

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5275218, 5275219.