Montana, 2001Winter 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.
- 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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</html>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
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, December 13 to 14, 2001$727,000 · F0 · 31 events
- High Wind in Washington, December 13 to 14, 2001$800,000 · 60 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, December 13, 2001$100,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 13, 2001$80,000 · 9 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, December 13, 2001$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
- High Wind in Oregon, December 13, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, December 13, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, December 13 to 14, 20018 events
- Heavy Snow in California, December 13 to 14, 20017 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 13 to 14, 20016 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 13 to 14, 20014 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, December 13, 20013 events
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.