Hail, Beaverhead
- When
- August 2, 1:40 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead County, Lima
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -112.600
Hail in Montana, August 2, 1997
Hail up to quarter sized fell from a thunderstorm 4 miles northwest of Lima, and a half hour later the hail was 3-4 inches deep at the same place. Sage Creek overtopped its banks from the rain and flooded a basement of a home.
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 MSO wrote it up.
Hail up to quarter sized fell from a thunderstorm 4 miles northwest of Lima, and a half hour later the hail was 3-4 inches deep at the same place. Sage Creek overtopped its banks from the rain and flooded a basement of a home.
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 2 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, August 2 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 2 to 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 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: 5615400.