Hail, Flathead
- When
- August 1, 6:25 PM MST to 6:35 PM MST
- Where
- Flathead County, Kalispell
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.200, -114.320
Hail in Montana, August 1, 1997
A thunderstorm caused ping pong ball sized hail at Foy Lake, then quarter sized hail in the city of Kalispell.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 MSO wrote it up.
A thunderstorm caused ping pong ball sized hail at Foy Lake, then quarter sized hail in the city of Kalispell.
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, August 1 to 17, 1997
- Wildfire and Heat in California, August 1 to 7, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 1 to 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1997
- Hurricane and Flooding in Guam, August 1 to 30, 1997
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1997
- Drought in New York, August 1 to 31, 1997
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oregon, August 1 to 24, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, August 1997
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: 5615399.