Hail, Big Horn
- When
- August 4, 6:50 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Busby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.424, -107.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 4, 1995
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Flathead
- When
- August 4, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Flathead County, Lakeside
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -114.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms over Flathead Lake earlier in the evening caused five to six foot waves to crash onto shore at the town of Lakeside. Several boats were snow and sea walls and docks were damaged. The winds were calm at the time when the waves were causing the damage.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 4, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 4, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 4, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, August 4, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 4, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 4, 1995
- Hail in South Dakota, August 4, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 4, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 4, 1995
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 4, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 4, 1995
- Tornado in Michigan, August 4, 1995
More
Every storm in Montana in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, August 1995
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: 10335206, 10334857.