Hail, Valley
- When
- May 17, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Glasgow
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Montana, May 17, 1994
3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $1.0 million
- 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, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Valley
- When
- May 17, 12:05 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Richland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 17, 9:45 AM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, Saco
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.259, -107.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Gallatin
- When
- May 17, 11:15 AM MST
- Where
- Gallatin County, Nr Trident
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.950, -111.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaverhead
- When
- May 17, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County, Dillon
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 45.133, -112.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong winds tore the roof off a building downtown. Yellowstone County Billings,19,1100MST,,,0,0,3,0,Lightning A sulfur storage tank was struck and caught fire.
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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Montana in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Montana, 1994Warnings in Montana, May 1994
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: 10334606, 10334607, 10332356, 10334864, 10335191.