Western Roosevelt storm history

Bredette has a storm total snowfall of 6.5 inches of snow. Most snowfall reports were in the 4 to 6 inch range.

At the Wolf Point airport AWOS site (KOLF), visibility of 1/4 mile or worse in blowing snow was observed for about 6 hours. Severe driving conditions were also reported on area roadways.

Intermittent dense fog with visibility of 1/4 mile or worse was recorded for about 8.5 hours from the Wolf Point airport ASOS site (KOLF) to the Poplar airport AWOS site (KPO1).

The Wolf Point airport ASOS site (KOLF) recorded dense fog with visibility of 1/4 mile or worse for about 5.5 hours. FAA web cams at Wolf Point and Poplar also showed the dense fog.

A majority of the zone saw D2 drought conditions to begin the month, prior to improving to D1 drought by the end of the month.

D2 drought conditions expanded eastward to include most of western Roosevelt County by the end of the month.

D2 drought developed over the far western edge of Roosevelt county.

Mesonet observations reported wind chills as cold as -40F (both at 9SW Bredette and 2NE Poplar).

Observations reported wind chills as cold as -56F (Wolf Point Airport and 9SW Bredette).

AWOS and mesonet observations reported wind chills as cold as -65F (Poplar Airport and Wolf Point Airport).

AWOS, ASOS and mesonet observations reported wind chills as cold as -44F (KP01 Poplar, MTMMCD and Wolf Point Airport).

AWOS, ASOS and Mesonet observations reported wind chills as cold as -52F (2NE Poplar, 9SW Bredette and Wolf Point Airport).

Wind chills ranged from -40F to -48 with the AWOS at the Poplar Airport reporting -48F.

Wind chills as low as -41 were observed at various stations across western Roosevelt county.

Snow totals of four to six inches fell across western Roosevelt county.

D2 drought conditions continued over the extreme eastern portions of the county to begin the month, before improving to D1 by the end of the month.

Roosevelt County Dispatch reported an injury from a semi-truck overturning 1 ENE Bainville at about 900 am. Rainfall accumulation of 0.41 in Froid was reported with ice accumulations at least 0.10 across eastern Roosevelt County. Severe driving conditions were reported by Montana…

Tribal DES mention 1/4 mile visibility Sunday night but mentioned no specific time frame. The ASOS reported 0.25 visibility at 755pm with drops to under 1.25 at times through 1115pm with frequent wind gusts near 50 mph.

D2 drought conditions improved to D1 drought by the end of the month.

On the third week of October, D2-Severe drought spread into all of Western Roosevelt County. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

A peak wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the Wolf Point Airport ASOS (KOLF). Another notable gust of 67 mph was recorded at the Bredette NE mesonet site at 11:45 PM.

To start September, D-2 Severe drought conditions remained over the northeastern half of western Roosevelt County. On the last week of September, all of western Roosevelt County improved to D-1 Moderate drought.

On the second week of August, D-2 Severe drought conditions developed over the northeastern half of western Roosevelt County. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

A peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at 12:28 PM at the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF).

Across western Roosevelt County, measured snowfall amounts ranged from 4.0 to 6.0 inches. The greatest amount of 6.0 inches was reported by a trained spotter in Poplar.

At the Poplar Airport AWOS site (KPO1), intermittent visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 5 1/2 hours on the early morning of the 27th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 11 1/4 hours from the night of the 24th to the morning of the 25th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 3 1/4 hours from the evening to the night of the 23rd.

For multiple sites across Western Roosevelt County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the night of the 11th into the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 70 degre…

At the Poplar Airport ASOS site (KPO1), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 4 hours from early to mid morning on the 5th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF), intermittent visibilities of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 6 3/4 hours from early to mid morning on the 2nd.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF) visibility of one quarter mile or less was recorded for about 5 3/4 hours, from early morning through mid morning on the 6th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF) intermittent visibility of one quarter mile or less was recorded for about 4 3/4 hours during the night of the 3rd until midnight, and then again for about 15 hours from early morning to the evening of the 4th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF) intermittent visibility of one quarter mile or less, was recorded at varies times for about 5 1/2 hours during the morning hours.

A peak wind gust of 64 mph was recorded from 1:26 PM to 1:29 PM at the Wolf Point Airport ASOS (KOLF).

Ongoing drought conditions continued across the far southwestern corner of Western Roosevelt County which remained in D2-Severe, while the rest of the county remained in D1-Moderate. At the end of October, the southeastern three quarters of Western Roosevelt improved to D0-Abnorm…

Ongoing drought conditions continued across the far southwestern corner of western Roosevelt County which remained in D2-Severe drought, while the rest of the county remained in D1-Moderate drought. These conditions would remain the same through the end of September.

During the third week of August, drought conditions in far southwestern Roosevelt County worsened to D2-Severe drought, while the rest of the county remained in D1-Moderate drought. These conditions continued through the end of August.

A trained spotter reported 6.0 inches of snow at 15 ESE Bredette. Times are estimated.

To start April, the far northwest corner of Western Roosevelt County was in (D1-Moderate) drought, while the rest of the county was in (D2-Severe) conditions. On the last week of April all of Western Roosevelt County improved to (D1-Moderate) drought.

At the Poplar Airport AWOS site (KPO1), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 9 3/4 hours from the late night of the 25th to the morning of the 26th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 2 hours on the morning of the 24th.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 9 1/4 hours from the late night of the 22nd to the morning of the 23rd.

At the Wolf Point Airport ASOS site (KOLF), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 4 hours on the morning of the 18th.

Montana Department of Highways website reported severe driving conditions on MT Highway 13 from just south of the Missouri River to a few miles north of the US Highway 2 junction. Times are estimated.

To start March, all of Western Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. On the third week of March, the far northwest corner of Western Roosevelt County improved to (D1-Moderate) drought, while the rest remained in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the …

To start February, ongoing drought conditions in all but the eastern edge of Western Roosevelt County was in (D3-Extreme) drought, while the eastern edge was in (D2-Severe) conditions. By the second week of February, all of Western Roosevelt County had improved to (D2-Severe) con…

At the McDonald's MT-13 DOT site (MTMCD), temperatures in the teens below zero and breezy winds created a peak wind chill of -40 at 9:30 PM on the 29th, and again from 3:16 AM to 3:26 AM on the 30th.

A peak wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at 1:22 PM at the Wolf Point Airport ASOS (KOLF).