Hail, Judith Basin
- When
- July 11, 1:39 PM MST
- Where
- Judith Basin County
- Measured
- 0.01 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.046, -110.266 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two windows broken on a house by the hail.
Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 11, 1995
7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- $265,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 Great Falls radar (KTFX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:55 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Judith Basin
- When
- July 11, 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Judith Basin County, Raynesford
- Measured
- 0.01 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.046, -110.266 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two windows broken on a house by the hail.
Hail, Yellowstone
- When
- July 11, 2:08 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County
- Measured
- 0.01 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.937, -108.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A pole barn with a steel roof was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Yellowstone
- When
- July 11, 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County, Geyser
- Coordinates
- 45.937, -108.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A pole barn with a steel roof was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yellowstone
- When
- July 11, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County, Raynesford
- Coordinates
- 45.937, -108.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A pole barn with a steel roof was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Petroleum
- When
- July 11, 2:40 PM MST
- Where
- Petroleum County
- Coordinates
- 47.118, -108.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail as large as golf balls broke windows and damaged windshields in the town of Winnett.
Hail, Petroleum
- When
- July 11, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Petroleum County, Neihart
- Measured
- 0.01 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.118, -108.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail as large as golf balls broke windows and damaged windshields in the town of Winnett.
Thunderstorm Wind, McCone
- When
- July 11, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- McCone County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 47.645, -105.795 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, McCone
- When
- July 11, 5:56 PM MST
- Where
- McCone County
- Measured
- 2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -105.970
A tornado did damage to a farmstead. The tornado lifted a house and then set it back on its foundation. Several outbuildings were destroyed. A grain semi which was parked in front of the yard was overturned. Several ,pick-up trucks parked around the farm were overturned.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaverhead
- When
- July 11, 5:57 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.133, -112.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Beaverhead
- When
- July 11, 6:36 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County, Circle
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 45.133, -112.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaverhead
- When
- July 11, 6:37 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County, Circle
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.133, -112.899 (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.
- 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
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- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 11, 1995
- Hail in New York, July 11, 1995
- Hail in Connecticut, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 11, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 11, 1995
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: 10334977, 10334978, 10334611, 10334612, 10334613, 10334374, 10334375, 10335041, 10335042, 10335193, 10335194, 10335195.