Montana, 1958

Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 2, 1958

July 2, 1958 · 7 events in 3 counties and zones

6 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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.

Event by event

6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stillwater

When
July 2, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Stillwater County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
45.580, -109.300

Hail, Stillwater

When
July 2, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Stillwater County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
45.580, -109.300

Hail, Yellowstone

When
July 2, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Yellowstone County
Measured
1.25 in hail
Coordinates
45.780, -108.580

Hail, Big Horn

When
July 2, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Big Horn County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
45.780, -107.580

Hail, Yellowstone

When
July 2, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Yellowstone County
Measured
1.25 in hail
Coordinates
45.780, -108.580

Hail, Big Horn

When
July 2, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Big Horn County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
45.780, -107.580

Tornado, Yellowstone

When
July 2, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Yellowstone County
Rating
F2
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
50 yd
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
45.800, -108.480

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 10070039, 10070040, 10070041, 10070042, 10070043, 10070044, 10070045.