A cold front crossed the Rocky Mountains and moved through the region bringing a period of strong and gusty winds along with isolated heavy snow over the Rocky Mountain Front.
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 cold front crossed the Rocky Mountains and moved through the region bringing a period of strong and gusty winds along with isolated heavy snow over the Rocky Mountain Front.
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 Feb 17, 5:00 AM MST, 3 hours earlier.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html><!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>15 high wind, 5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow measuring 9.0 inches in 24 hours was reported at the Pike Creek SNOTEL; elevation 5928ft.
Heavy snow estimated at 8.0 inches in 12 hours was reported in Lincoln, MT; elevation 4600ft.
High winds measuring 70KT (80MPH) were reported 6 mi NE of Whitlash, MT.
High winds measuring 50KT (58MPH) were reported 4 mi NNE of McAllister, MT at the Norris Hill DOT sensor..
High winds measuring 83KT (96MPH) were reported 13 mi WSW of Saint Mary, MT at the Logan Pass visitor's center.
High winds measuring 56KT (65MPH) were reported 8 mi WNW of Whitlash, MT at the Fred and George sensor.
High winds measuring 56KT (65MPH) were reported 1 mi E of East Glacier Park, MT .
High winds measuring 61KT (70MPH) were reported 17 mi W of Pendroy, MT at the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch.
High winds measuring 50KT (58MPH) were reported 8 mi SSW of Fort Benton, MT.
High winds measuring 54KT (62MPH) were reported 10 mi S of Chinook, MT.
High winds measuring 50KT (58MPH) were reported 3 mi SW of Cut Bank, MT at the Cut Bank Airport ASOS.
High winds measuring 57KT (66MPH) were reported 6 mi S of Power, MT.
High winds measuring 55KT (63MPH) were reported 6 mi W of Brady, MT.
High winds measuring 52KT (60MPH) were reported 5 mi ESE of Denton, MT.
High winds measuring 52KT (60MPH) were reported 2 mi NW of Windham, MT.
High sustained winds measuring 35KT (40MPH) were reported 2 mi E of Inverness, MT.
Heavy snow measuring 8.0 inches in 12 hours was reported at the Copper Bottom SNOTEL; elevation 5200ft.
High winds measuring 53KT (61MPH) were reported 24 mi WSW of Choteau, MT.
Heavy snow measuring 9.0 inches in 7 hours was reported at the Frohner Meadow SNOTEL; elevation 6480ft.
Heavy snow estimated at 12.0 inches in 12 hours was reported at the Teton Pass ski area; elevation 6000ft.
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, February 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 500467, 500468, 500453, 500454, 500455, 500456, 500457, 500458, 500461, 500459, 500460, 500463, 500462, 500464, 500465, 500466, 500469, 500471, 500470, 500472.