A band of heavy snow developed over far Southwest Montana, putting down several inches of snow in a short amount of time. Impacts were greatest in the West Yellowstone 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 band of heavy snow developed over far Southwest Montana, putting down several inches of snow in a short amount of time. Impacts were greatest in the West Yellowstone 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 Nov 16, 3:11 PM MST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
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</html>2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
West Yellowstone police department estimates 8 inches of snow has fallen and it is still snowing. In addition, they have received several reports of slide offs on Highway 191 and Highway 20.
Report via Facebook of 5 inches of snow in West Yellowstone and roads are snow-covered.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, November 2016
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: 664391, 664392.