Hail, Billings
- When
- June 28, 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Billings County, 25 mi SE of Medora
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 46.670, -103.170
Hail in North Dakota, June 28, 1996
The sudden hail storm injured a few park hikers, mostly with bruises. Winds of 70-80 mph were also reported.
Where it happened
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- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- 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 BIS wrote it up.
The sudden hail storm injured a few park hikers, mostly with bruises. Winds of 70-80 mph were also reported. Damage estimated.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 184 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 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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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: 5554843.