Heavy Snow, Fergus
- When
- January 30, 1:00 PM MST to January 31, 7:00 AM MST
- Where
- Fergus forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Seven inches of snow was reported at the Lewistown Aiport and 15 inches at Crystal Lake Snotel.
Heavy Snow in Montana, January 30 to 31, 2007
Upper level disturbance produced a light snowfall most places, but a few higher amounts especially along north facing slopes. Some reports include 7 inches at Lewistown Airport, 12 inches at Stringer Creek Snotel, and 15 inches at Crystal Lake Snotel.
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 TFX wrote it up.
Upper level disturbance produced a light snowfall most places, but a few higher amounts especially along north facing slopes. Some reports include 7 inches at Lewistown Airport, 12 inches at Stringer Creek Snotel, and 15 inches at Crystal Lake Snotel. Elsewhere, amounts were generally in the 1 to 3 inch range.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lake-Effect Snow in Ohio, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Cold in Nebraska, January 30, 2007
- Frost and Freeze and Cold in Florida, January 30, 2007
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Cold in Iowa, January 30, 2007
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, January 30, 2007
- Winter Weather in Utah, January 30 to 31, 2007
- Wildfire in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 2007
More
Every storm in Montana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 6682.