Flood, Kootenai/Cabinet Region
- When
- January 19, 4:00 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kootenai/Cabinet Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.167, -112.667
Flood in Montana, January 19, 2005
Road crews in Lincoln County reported an ice jam break on Grove Creek near Fortine, which caused minor flooding of homes along the creek. Some vehicles were pushed from the movement of ice and water during the flood episode.
Where it happened
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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.
Road crews in Lincoln County reported an ice jam break on Grove Creek near Fortine, which caused minor flooding of homes along the creek. Some vehicles were pushed from the movement of ice and water during the flood episode.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 19, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 19 to 20, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 19, 2005
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 19, 2005
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 19 to 20, 2005
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 19, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 19 to 20, 2005
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 19, 2005
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 19, 2005
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 19, 2005
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, January 19 to 20, 2005
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, January 19 to 20, 2005
More
Every storm in Montana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2005
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: 5437073.