Heavy Rain, Flathead
- When
- June 30, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Flathead County, 10 mi NE of Lake McDonald
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -114.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Montana, June 30, 2004
Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused 5 rock slides on Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Two vehicles were buried and damaged by falling rocks, but no reports of injuries.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 happened
The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.
Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused 5 rock slides on Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Two vehicles were buried and damaged by falling rocks, but no reports of injuries. Haystack creek was flowing mud over the road.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 30, 2004
- Marine Hail in Lake Huron, June 30, 2004
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- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 30, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 30, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 30, 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5404259.