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KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION

500298

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Event typeevent_typeExtreme Cold/Wind Chill
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id500,298
Episode IDepisode_id82,981
Begin UTCbegin_utc2014-02-05T09:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2014-02-07T11:00:00+00:00
StatestateMONTANA
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameKOOTENAI/CABINET REGION
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceCOOP Observer
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeSeveral reinforcing bouts of arctic air bring snow and extreme cold to western Montana. By the morning of Feb. 6, many valley locations saw air temperature readings between 30 and 40 degree below zero which caused businesses and school systems to close.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeThe COOP observer located 30 miles south-southeast of Libby at 3,440 ft., recorded a low temperature of -40 deg. F on the morning of Feb. 6. This breaks the all-time coldest temperature for the month of February for this station since continuous records began in June 1949. The previous record was -39 set back on Feb. 2, 1996. Other low temperatures include: -34 Olney and -29 Yaak 9 NNE. During the first surge of arctic air on Jan. 3, 2 to 4 inches of snow fell along US-2 from Libby to Kila causing slick roads.
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