Heavy Snow, Petroleum
- When
- March 19, 6:00 PM MST to March 20, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Petroleum forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.118, -108.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, March 19 to 20, 2002
A winter storm that affected Southeast Montana clipped the southern edge of the NWS Glasgow county warning area. A band of snow of 6 to 9 inches covered Southern Petroleum, Southern Garfield and Prairie Counties.
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 GGW wrote it up.
A winter storm that affected Southeast Montana clipped the southern edge of the NWS Glasgow county warning area. A band of snow of 6 to 9 inches covered Southern Petroleum, Southern Garfield and Prairie Counties.
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, Garfield
- When
- March 19, 6:00 PM MST to March 20, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.278, -106.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
9 inches of snow reported at Cohagen.
Heavy Snow, Prairie
- When
- March 19, 6:00 PM MST to March 20, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.861, -105.378 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
8 inches of snow reported at Terry.
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
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5281348, 5281349, 5281350.