Heavy Snow, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- May 27, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Montana, May 27, 2006
A late spring storm brought heavy snow to the high country of the Northen Rocky Mountain Front and Southwest Montana on the 27th. Reported snow amounts include: 10 inches at Ennis 15NW and Ennis 16ENE, 9 inches at Townsend 17NE, and 8 inches at Gallatin Gateway 18SE and Dupuyer 15SW.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 late spring storm brought heavy snow to the high country of the Northen Rocky Mountain Front and Southwest Montana on the 27th. Reported snow amounts include: 10 inches at Ennis 15NW and Ennis 16ENE, 9 inches at Townsend 17NE, and 8 inches at Gallatin Gateway 18SE and Dupuyer 15SW.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- May 27, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow, Meagher
- When
- May 27, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Meagher forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow, Gallatin
- When
- May 27, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 27, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 27, 2006
More
Every storm in Montana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, May 2006
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: 5506917, 5506918, 5506919, 5506920.