Hail, Big Horn
- When
- April 24, 2:35 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Near Hardin
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 45.424, -107.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, April 24 to 25, 1994
3 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $555,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Judith Basin
- When
- April 24, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Judith Basin County, Stanford
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 47.130, -110.270
The Bill Skelton ranch was hit by two tornadoes. Damage was extensive. A barn roof made from 8 to 12 inch logs was carried away. A two foot in diameter cottonwood tree was snapped five feet above the ground. A 24-foot horse trailer was picked up and carried 65 yards landing on its top and it hit and damaged a tractor enroute. A 1.5 ton truck was tipped over and an out building made from heavy beams and spiked down was twisted and moved. A mobile home was lifted and a large fuel tank was deposited under it. Several one ton hay bales were moved 20-30 yards. Golf ball-sized hail fell ahead of the tornadoes and covered the ground to a depth of five inches.
Tornado, Judith Basin
- When
- April 24, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Judith Basin County, Stanford
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 47.130, -110.270
The Bill Skelton ranch was hit by two tornadoes. Damage was extensive. A barn roof made from 8 to 12 inch logs was carried away. A two foot in diameter cottonwood tree was snapped five feet above the ground. A 24-foot horse trailer was picked up and carried 65 yards landing on its top and it hit and damaged a tractor enroute. A 1.5 ton truck was tipped over and an out building made from heavy beams and spiked down was twisted and moved. A mobile home was lifted and a large fuel tank was deposited under it. Several one ton hay bales were moved 20-30 yards. Golf ball-sized hail fell ahead of the tornadoes and covered the ground to a depth of five inches.
Hail, Rosebud
- When
- April 24, 4:01 PM MST
- Where
- Rosebud County, Lame Deer
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -106.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Custer
- When
- April 24, 5:46 PM MST to April 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Custer County, Volberg to Mtz 003;004;006;007;0
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.253, -105.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Four to eight inches of snow fell over the plains with up to 18 inches of snow in the mountains. Biddle reported 16 inches and Ekalaka 12 inches.
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: 10335204, 10334973, 10334974, 10334467, 10334353.