A low pressure system moved east through Central Montana keeping the region under the influence of both disturbed flow to the west and an approaching trough from the north. Surface low pressure to the east and building high pressure to the west kept brisk, westerly surface winds across the area.
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 TFX wrote it up.
A low pressure system moved east through Central Montana keeping the region under the influence of both disturbed flow to the west and an approaching trough from the north. Surface low pressure to the east and building high pressure to the west kept brisk, westerly surface winds across the area.
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 Apr 15, 1:55 PM MST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>9 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow, measuring 8.o inches in 8 hours, was reported at the Many Glacier SNOTEL; elevation 4900ft.
High wind gusts, peaking at 61KT (70MPH), were reported 4 mi SSE of Bynum, MT.
High wind gusts, peaking at 51KT (59MPH), were reported 2 mi NW of Pendroy, MT at the Pendroy DOT sensor.
High wind gusts, peaking at 51KT (59MPH), were reported 8 mi WNW of Whitlash, MT at the Fred and George sensor.
High wind gusts, peaking at 50KT (58MPH), were reported 1 mi E of East Glacier Park, MT at the Two Medicine DOT sensor.
High wind gusts, peaking at 52KT (60MPH), were reported 5 mi ESE of Denton, MT at the DOT sensor.
High wind gusts, peaking at 51KT (59MPH), were reported 3 mi SW of Cut Bank, MT at the Cut Bank Airport ASOS.
High wind gusts, peaking at 50KT (58MPH), were reported 1 mi NE of Belgrade, MT at the Bozeman Airport ASOS.
High wind gusts, peaking at 50KT (58MPH), were reported 8 mi SW of Wolf Creek, MT at the Sieben Flats DOT sensor.
High wind gusts, peaking at 83KT (95MPH), were reported 13 mi WSW of Saint Mary, MT at the Logan Pass Visitor's Center sensor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, April 2014
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: 512249, 512248, 512239, 512240, 512242, 512243, 512244, 512245, 512246, 512247.