Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 10, 2:00 PM MST to 2:15 PM MST
- Where
- Blaine County, Cleveland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.433, -108.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 10, 1994
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- 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
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Powder River
- When
- August 10, 2:05 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, Olive
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 45.395, -105.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail left a 40 mile long swath of damage to area crops and brought an unknown amount of property damage to sparsely populated area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Powder River
- When
- August 10, 2:15 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, Broadus
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 45.395, -105.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew off section of County Courthouse roof. Damages estimated in excess of $100,000.
Hail, Powder River
- When
- August 10, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, Broadus
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.395, -105.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 10, 6:45 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, Miles City
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.253, -105.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10335211, 10332802, 10332803, 10332804, 10334354.