Unsettled flow brought scattered showers and cool temperatures to the region for several days. There was a short break precipitation for most areas but another round of rain/snow, with isolated strong winds, redeveloped as a cold front moved south through the region.
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.
Unsettled flow brought scattered showers and cool temperatures to the region for several days. There was a short break precipitation for most areas but another round of rain/snow, with isolated strong winds, redeveloped as a cold front moved south through the region.
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 Mar 28, 7:50 PM MST, 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>3 heavy snow, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High sustained winds, peaking at 36KT (42MPH), were reported 4 mi NNE of McAllister, MT at the Norris Hill DOT sensor. Winds gusted to 52KT (60MPH) during this time period.
Heavy snow, measuring 6.0 inches in 6 hours, was reported 1 mi WNW of Marysville, MT at the Great Divide ski area.
Heavy snow, measuring 9.0 inches in 24 hours, was reported 1 mi SW of Lakeview, MT at the Lakeview Ridge SNOTEL; elevation 7400ft.
Heavy snow, measuring 9.0 inches in 24 hours, was reported at the West Yellowstone, MT SNOTEL; elevation 6700ft.
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, March 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: 503438, 503439, 503440, 503441.