Heavy Snow, Western Carbon
- When
- February 5, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Western Carbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.227, -109.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
6 inches of new snow 6 miles west of Red Lodge
Heavy Snow in Montana, February 5, 2003
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 9:15 AM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 9:15 AM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 5:14 AM MST, 9 hours 16 minutes before
MTZ028>042-056>058-WYZ098-099-061215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 514 AM MST WED FEB 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE... A WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS. AS A RESULT...HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. REFER TO GTFWSWBYZ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Cold in North Dakota, February 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 5 to 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 5 to 6, 2003
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 5 to 6, 2003
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 5 to 8, 2003
- Winter Weather in Maine, February 5, 2003
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 5 to 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 5 to 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 5, 2003
More
Every storm in Montana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 2003
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: 5341976.