Hail, Stillwater
- When
- July 25, 4:10 PM MST to 4:11 PM MST
- Where
- Stillwater County, 15 mi SW of Ryegate
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -109.480
Hail in Montana, July 25, 1996
One inch size hail fell about 15 miles southwest of Ryegate. Note: the event took place in Stillwater County, but Ryegate is the county seat of Golden Valley County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
One inch size hail fell about 15 miles southwest of Ryegate. Note: the event took place in Stillwater County, but Ryegate is the county seat of Golden Valley County.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in North Carolina, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 25, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 25, 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560916.