On February 1 and 2, a winter weather system moved across Western Montana and produced heavy snowfall at Lolo Pass and Lookout Pass.
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.
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 MSO wrote it up.
On February 1 and 2, a winter weather system moved across Western Montana and produced heavy snowfall at Lolo Pass and Lookout Pass.
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 Feb 1, 3:41 AM MST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 IDZ007-MTZ007-012200- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 /244 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ005-006-MTZ001-002-006-043-012200- NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 /244 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ004-012200- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA. MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ010-012200- EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ008-009-012200- LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 /244 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE SEE NEXT PERIOD FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The automated weather station at Lolo Pass reported 8 inches of new snow.
The ski area at Lookout Pass reported 9 inches of new snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 2008
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: 68760, 68761.