A 20-year-old man died on Interstate 90 after his truck rolled and ejected him. The accident occurred about 20 miles east of Billings.
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 BYZ wrote it up.
A 20-year-old man died on Interstate 90 after his truck rolled and ejected him. The accident occurred about 20 miles east of Billings. The man lost control due to the ice on the highway. The vehicle rolled and ended up sideways in the median.
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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 19, 4:06 AM MST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Billings MT 440 AM MST Tue Dec 19 2017 MTZ041-065-066-201145- Northern Sweet Grass-Livingston Area-Beartooth Foothills- 440 AM MST Tue Dec 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Montana. * WHAT... Strong Winds, Significant Weather Change, and Cold Temperatures. * WHERE...From Livingston to Nye and Big Timber. * WHEN...Tonight through the weekend. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong winds will increase this evening before tapering off later tonight. A strong cold front Wednesday will bring rapidly falling temperatures and snow. Even colder air and more snow arrives Friday. Temperatures in the teens or less should be expected by the weekend. * ADDITIONAL HAZARD CONCERNS...Initial snow Wednesday may fall onto warm roads and then freeze creating a layer of ice underneath snow cover. There will be periods of increased wind Thursday and Friday which could cause blowing and drifting snow. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Hazardous Weather Outlook is issued when hazardous weather could impact the region within the next week. Be sure to stay tuned for future updates as locations, timing, and impacts could change. Begin preparations to mitigate any impacts that could result from the hazardous weather. && MTZ028>040-042-056>058-063-064-067-068-WYZ098-099-201145- Southern Wheatland-Musselshell-Treasure-Northern Rosebud-Custer- Fallon-Northern Stillwater-Yellowstone-Powder River-Carter- Southern Big Horn-Eastern Carbon-Northern Park-Golden Valley- Red Lodge Foothills-Northern Big Horn-Southern Rosebud-Judith Gap- Paradise Valley-Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains-Crazy Mountains- Northeast Bighorn Mountains-Sheridan Foothills- 440 AM MST Tue Dec 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Montana...south central Montana...southeast Montana and north central Wyoming. * WHAT... Significant Weather Change...Snow and Cold Temperatures. * WHERE...Southern Montana and North Central Wyoming * WHEN...Wednesday continuing through the weekend. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Expect a strong cold front Wednesday to bring rapidly falling temperatures and snow. Even colder air and more snow arrives Friday. Temperatures in the teens or less should be expected by the weekend. * ADDITIONAL HAZARD CONCERNS...Initial snow Wednesday may fall onto warm roads and then freeze creating a layer of ice underneath snow cover. There will be periods of increased wind Thursday and Friday which could cause blowing and drifting snow. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Hazardous Weather Outlook is issued when hazardous weather could impact the region within the next week. Be sure to stay tuned for future updates as locations, timing, and impacts could change. Begin preparations to mitigate any impacts that could result from the hazardous weather. &&
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</html>1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A 20-year-old man died on Interstate 90 after his truck rolled and ejected him. The accident occurred about 20 miles east of Billings. The man lost control due to the ice on the highway. The vehicle rolled and ended up sideways in the median.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Yellowstone | 2017-12-19 | 20 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 2017
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: 727405.