Heavy Snow, Beaverhead
- When
- April 27, 6:00 AM MST to April 28, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Snotel Bloody Dick measured an estimated 10 inches of snow over 24 hours. This Snotel is at 7570 ft elevation.
Avalanche and Heavy Snow in Montana, April 27 to 29, 2022
A broad upper trough in place across the western CONUS gained a negative tilt as a shortwave traversed through it. A mid level low spread across the region bringing snow, but was an overall disappointment in terms of overall QPF/total snow.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 broad upper trough in place across the western CONUS gained a negative tilt as a shortwave traversed through it. A mid level low spread across the region bringing snow, but was an overall disappointment in terms of overall QPF/total snow.
Event by event
3 heavy snow, 1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Jefferson
- When
- April 28, 3:00 AM MST to April 29, 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Snotel Tizer Basin measured an estimated 9 inches of snow over 24 hours.
Avalanche, Jefferson
- When
- April 28, 9:00 AM MST to April 29, 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Snotel Tizer Basin measured an estimated 9 inches of snow over 24 hours.
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- April 28, 12:00 PM MST to April 29, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Snotel Clover Meadow measured 12 inches snow over 24 hours. Station is at 8727 feet elevation.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1023929, 1035246, 1023930, 1023928.