Montana, 2014

Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23 to 25, 2014

February 23 to 25, 2014 · NWS TFX · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A cold front moving into the region from the northwest brought cooler air and scattered heavy snow to the Central and Southwest Montana mountains.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 TFX wrote it up.

A cold front moving into the region from the northwest brought cooler air and scattered heavy snow to the Central and Southwest Montana mountains.

What forecasters said that day

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 22, 2:47 PM MST, 14 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:47 PM MST, 14 hours 43 minutes before
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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Judith Basin

When
February 23, 5:30 AM MST to February 24, 7:30 AM MST
Where
Judith Basin forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer

Heavy snow measuring 8.0 inches in 24 hours was reported at the in Hobson, MT.

Heavy Snow, Jefferson

When
February 23, 6:05 AM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter

Heavy snow measuring 8.2 inches in 24 hours was reported 2 mi SE of Montana City, MT.

Heavy Snow, Cascade

When
February 23, 6:30 AM MST to February 24, 7:45 AM MST
Where
Cascade forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter

Heavy snow measuring 8.0 inches in 24 hours was reported 11 mi SSE of Ulm, MT.

Heavy Snow, Broadwater

When
February 23, 9:00 AM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
Where
Broadwater forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter

Heavy snow measuring 12.0 inches in 24 hours was reported 8 mi NW of Winston, MT.

Heavy Snow, Southern Lewis and Clark

When
February 23, 8:30 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
Where
Southern Lewis and Clark forecast zone
Reported by
Public

Heavy snow measuring 6.0 inches in 10 hours, with storm total 13 inches in 36 hours, was reported in Helena, MT.

Heavy Snow, Meagher

When
February 23, 11:30 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
Where
Meagher forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer

Heavy snow measuring 7.5 inches in 7 hours was reported in White Sulphur Springs, MT.

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

More

Every storm in Montana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 2014

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 500554, 500555, 500558, 500559, 500556, 500557.