Heavy Snow, Beartooth Foothills
- When
- May 9, 9:00 PM MST to May 10, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Beartooth Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.742, -109.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, May 9 to 10, 2008
A strong storm system from the Pacific Northwest moved across the Beartooth/Absaroka foothills resulting in heavy snow across these areas. 10 of liquid at the Burnt Mountain Snotel) and 11 inches in Red Lodge.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 BYZ wrote it up.
A strong storm system from the Pacific Northwest moved across the Beartooth/Absaroka foothills resulting in heavy snow across these areas. The following snow totals were received: 9 inches 2N Red Lodge, 10 inches in Roscoe, 16 inches in Red Lodge(2.30 of liquid at the Cole Creek Snotel), 8 inches 3SSW Luther(1.10 of liquid at the Burnt Mountain Snotel) and 11 inches in Red Lodge.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Absarokee / Beartooth Mountains
- When
- May 9, 9:00 PM MST to May 10, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Absarokee / Beartooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -109.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Red Lodge Foothills
- When
- May 9, 9:00 PM MST to May 10, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Red Lodge Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.227, -109.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 9 to 10, 2008
- Flooding in Indiana, May 9 to 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 2008
- High Wind in Montana, May 9, 2008
- Hail in West Virginia, May 9, 2008
- Hail in Colorado, May 9, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
More
Every storm in Montana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, May 2008
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 98872, 98877, 98878.