On March 28 and 29, a winter weather system moved east across Northwest Montana and produced heavy snowfall amounts in both the mountains and lower elevations.
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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 March 28 and 29, a winter weather system moved east across Northwest Montana and produced heavy snowfall amounts in both the mountains and lower elevations.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Automated weather stations at Rexford and Fortine reported 8 and 5.5 inches of new snow respectively. Hawkins Lake received 12 inches of snow.
Weather spotters in the area reported the following new snowfall amounts: 20 miles south of Polebridge, 12 inches, West Glacier 8.5 inches, and Coram 6.5 inches.
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, March 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: 79402, 79403.