Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23, 2007

Name: Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23, 2007
Start: 2007-02-23T09:00
End: 2007-02-23T23:00
Location: Montana

February 23, 2007 · NWS TFX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A winter strom brought heavy snow to the high country of Southwest Montana. Snow amounts of 8 to 10 inches were common.

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 TFX wrote it up.

A winter strom brought heavy snow to the high country of Southwest Montana. Snow amounts of 8 to 10 inches were common.

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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 22, 4:33 PM MST, 16 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 4:33 PM MST, 16 hours 27 minutes before

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Meagher

When: February 23, 9:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Meagher forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ten inches of snow was reported at Millegan 14SE.

Heavy Snow, Gallatin

When: February 23, 10:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where: Gallatin forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet

Nine inches of snow was reported at Bozeman 17SSE (Lick Creek SNOTEL site).

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

Every storm in Montana in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, February 2007

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 11353, 11355.