With the arctic air mass still eroding, overrunning moist Pacific flow brought more snowfall to western Montana.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
With the arctic air mass still eroding, overrunning moist Pacific flow brought more snowfall to western Montana.
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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 3:46 AM MST, 8 hours 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1005 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1004 AM SNOW GRANGEVILLE 45.92N 116.12W
02/08/2014 E3.0 INCH IDAHO ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION
GRANGEVILLE
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1012 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 AM SNOW POLLOCK 45.31N 116.36W
02/08/2014 E2.5 INCH IDAHO ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DURATION 6 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION .4
MI S POLLOCK
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
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1030 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1029 AM SNOW 7 S WILLIAMS LAKE 44.90N 113.97W
02/08/2014 M4.5 INCH LEMHI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 20
MILE SOUTH OF SALMON ON HWY 93
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
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1149 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1149 AM SNOW 1 SW DARBY 46.02N 114.18W
02/08/2014 M7.0 INCH RAVALLI MT TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION
DARBY
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1152 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1152 AM SNOW GRANGEVILLE 45.93N 116.12W
02/08/2014 M6.0 INCH IDAHO ID TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS MISSOULA MT
IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A person from the public estimated that 13 of total snowfall fell while the COOP located 14 miles northeast of Sula measured 11.2 of snow.
The COOP observer located one mile west of Haugan measured 11 of snowfall between Feb. 9-10. Other snowfall reports include 6.5 one mile north-northwest of Evaro and 3.2 4 miles northwest of Noxon.
The Missoula International Airport saw a total storm snowfall of 7.2 with 0.24 of precipitation. Other snowfall reports: 8 Hamilton, 6.5 one mile south of Lolo, 5.3 4 miles east of Corvallis and 3.5 2 miles north-northwest of East Missoula.
A person from the public located 4 miles south-southeast of Clinton estimated 7 of snow. Six inches of snow was reported by the public in Potomac.
The COOP observer located 3 miles west of Deer Lodge measured 7 of total snowfall with 0.26 of liquid equivalent. Other reports include: 4.3 7 miles south of Butte and 4 in Anaconda.
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: 502930, 502925, 502926, 502927, 502935.