Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$25K
Area
Wibaux
Event narrative (NOAA)
Cooperative observer in Wibaux reported 7 inches of snowfall. Other reports across the county included freezing drizzle, snow, and melting snow which caused very slick road conditions, resulting in an automobile accident on Interstate 94 with multiple fatalities. Two pregnant women, not wearing seatbelts, were killed when the vehicle rolled over off the interstate. Neither fetus survived. The driver was wearing a seatbelt and had some non-life threatening injuries.
Other notable winter storm events in Montana
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.