Montana, 2022Winter Storm in Montana, November 4 to 5, 2022
November 4 to 5, 2022 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A period of heavy snow occurred over the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountains.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A period of heavy snow occurred over the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountains.
What forecasters said that day
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 Nov 4, 2:53 AM MST, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 2:53 AM MST, 10 hours 7 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Winter Storm, Absaroka / Beartooth Mountains
- When
- November 4, 1:00 PM MST to November 5, 1:04 PM MST
- Where
- Absaroka / Beartooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -109.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall amounts of 12 to 18 inches were reported.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes in Texas, November 4, 20221 death · 15 injured · $16 million · EF4 · 6 events
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, November 4, 20221 death · 7 injured · $35 million · EF4 · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 4, 202210 injured · $9.5 million · EF4 · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, November 4, 20222 deaths · 3 injured · $1.1 million · EF2 · 11 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, November 4 to 5, 20221 death · $7,000 · 74 kt wind · 14 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 4, 2022$200,000 · EF2 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, November 4, 2022$804,000 · EF1 · 14 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, November 4, 2022$2,000 · EF2 · 23 events
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, November 4, 2022$75,000 · EF1 · 3 events
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, November 4 to 5, 202240 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Idaho, November 4 to 5, 2022$51,000 · 57 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 4, 2022$3,000 · EF0 · 19 events
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: 1062657.