A vigorous storm system brought high winds and heavy snow to portions of North Central Montana. Gusts in excess of 60 mph were common along with snow amounts greater than 6 inches.
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.
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
A vigorous storm system brought high winds and heavy snow to portions of North Central Montana. Gusts in excess of 60 mph were common along with snow amounts greater than 6 inches.
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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 2, 4:34 AM MST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 528 AM MST SUN DEC 2 2007 MTZ009-048-031230- NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 528 AM MST SUN DEC 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING 30 TO 45 MPH BY THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH WIND...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR CONTINUED STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ010-012-044-046-049-031230- EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON- 528 AM MST SUN DEC 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE NIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING BY MONDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ008-011-013>015-045-047-050>055-031230- BEAVERHEAD-HILL-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- MADISON-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 528 AM MST SUN DEC 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
8 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusts to 80 mph were estimated in the Browning area. Two semi-trailer trucks were blown over. One was blown over on Duck Lake Road (State Highway 464) and the other was blown over just south of the Browning city limits.
A gust to 62 mph was reported at the Norris Hill DOT site.
A gust to 59 mph was reported at the Big Sky ski resort.
Eight inches of snow fell at West Yellowstone.
A gust to 75 mph was reported at the Choteau Airport.
A gust to 75 mph was reported at the Choteau Airport.
A gust to 62 mph was reported at the Cut Bank ASOS site.
Sustained winds of 45 mph were reported at the Judith Gap DOT site. The strong winds overturned a semi-trailer on Highway 87 near Milemarker 28.
Sustained winds of 45 mph were reported at the Judith Gap DOT site. The strong winds overturned a semi-trailer on Highway 87 near Milemarker 28.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 2007
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 66814, 68378, 66815, 66817, 66816, 66819, 66818, 68380, 68381.