Winter Storm, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- January 25, 12:00 PM MST to January 30, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm in Montana, January 25 to 30, 2004
A winter storm developed over the Rocky Mountain Front midday on January 25 and continued for several days. Reported snow fall amounts include: 30 inches at St Mary 14W, 26 inches at Marias Pass, 10 inches at Choteau 24W, 9 inches at Browning and 5 inches at Choteau 18W.
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 happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
A winter storm developed over the Rocky Mountain Front midday on January 25 and continued for several days. Reported snow fall amounts include: 30 inches at St Mary 14W, 26 inches at Marias Pass, 10 inches at Choteau 24W, 9 inches at Browning and 5 inches at Choteau 18W. In addition to the heavy snow, strong winds developed over portions of North Central Montana during the late morning hours of January 30. Some of the winds were associated with convective activity that developed over southwest Cascade county on the 30th of January. Reported wind speeds include: a thunderstorm gust of 60 mph at Cascade 10SW, a gust of 55 mph at Great Falls, a gust of 54 mph at Silver City and a gust of 46 mph at Helena. Sleet (accumulating to a quarter of an inch) was also reported at Marysville.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Southern Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- January 25, 12:00 PM MST to January 30, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Cold in New Jersey, January 25, 2004
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 25, 2004
- Cold in Illinois, January 25, 2004
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 25 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 25, 2004
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 25, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 25, 2004
More
Every storm in Montana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2004
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: 5382237, 5382238.