Winter Storm, West Glacier Region
- When
- November 13, 9:00 AM MST to November 14, 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- West Glacier Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.971, -114.069 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Montana, November 13 to 14, 2005
Strong winter storm brought heavy snow and gusty winds to the West Glacier Region and the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains of western Montana. 8 to 10 inches of new snow was recorded in the mountains of the West Glacier Region, while the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains received 8 to 12 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 MSO wrote it up.
Strong winter storm brought heavy snow and gusty winds to the West Glacier Region and the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains of western Montana. 8 to 10 inches of new snow was recorded in the mountains of the West Glacier Region, while the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains received 8 to 12 inches. Gusty southwest winds of 35 to 45 mph caused blowing and drifting snow.
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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 13, 2:48 AM MST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 2:48 AM MST, 6 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 8:53 AM MST, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 853 AM MST SUN NOV 13 2005 MTZ002-006-043-140430- WEST GLACIER REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWAN LAKE...SULA 853 AM MST SUN NOV 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE GTFWSWMSO /WWUS45 KMSO/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN WESTERN MONTANA. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH STARTED SUNDAY WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BUT THEN MODERATE BY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ005-006-MTZ004-140430- NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERCE...ELK RIVER...POWELL... ELK CITY...DIXIE...NOXON...THOMPSON FALLS...SUPERIOR 753 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2005 /853 AM MST SUN NOV 13 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE GTFWSWMSO /WWUS45 KMSO/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...STORM SYSTEM WHICH STARTED SUNDAY WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BUT THEN MODERATE BY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ001-140430- KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBBY...EUREKA 853 AM MST SUN NOV 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE GTFWSWMSO /WWUS45 KMSO/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTHWEST MONTANA. SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...STORM SYSTEM WHICH STARTED SUNDAY WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BUT THEN MODERATE BY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ007-140430- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KOOSKIA 753 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE GTFWSWMSO /WWUS45 KMSO/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN IDAHO TODAY AND PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ008-140430- LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD 753 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN IDAHO TODAY AND PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ009-010-MTZ003-005-140430- WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHOUP...SALMON...LEADORE...KALISPELL... POLSON...ST. IGNATIUS...HAMILTON...DARBY 853 AM MST SUN NOV 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE GTFWSWMSO /WWUS45 KMSO/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO DURING THE DAY TODAY AND PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS. SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...SUNDAYS STORM SYSTEM WILL PERSIST MONDAY MORNING AND THEN MODERATE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ007-140430- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANACONDA...DEER LODGE...DRUMMOND... PHILIPSBURG 853 AM MST SUN NOV 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA DURING THE DAY TODAY AND PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS. SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...SUNDAYS STORM SYSTEM WILL PERSIST MONDAY MORNING AND THEN MODERATE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. weather.gov/missoula
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Bitterroot / Sapphire Mountains
- When
- November 13, 9:00 AM MST to November 14, 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Bitterroot / Sapphire Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.508, -113.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in Michigan, November 13, 2005
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 13, 2005
- High Wind in Illinois, November 13, 2005
- High Wind in Michigan, November 13, 2005
- High Wind in Michigan, November 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 13 to 14, 2005
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Idaho, November 13 to 14, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, November 13 to 14, 2005
- High Wind in Idaho, November 13, 2005
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, November 13, 2005
- High Wind in Montana, November 13, 2005
More
Every storm in Montana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 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: 5479530, 5479531.