Hail, Phillips
- When
- August 28, 9:45 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 30 mi SE of Zortman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.620, -108.080
Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 28 to 29, 1997
19 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $208,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Events
- 25
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 Glasgow radar (KGGW), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:45 UTC.
Event by event
19 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips
- When
- August 28, 9:45 PM MST to 9:46 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 30 mi SE of Zortman
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.620, -108.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips
- When
- August 28, 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 28 mi SE of Malta
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.070, -107.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:13 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 25 mi S of Glasgow
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -106.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 7 mi SE of Glasgow
- Measured
- 79 kt (91 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 48.130, -106.530
Thunderstorm winds to 91 miles an hour blew out windows in a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Glasgow
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.200, -106.630
At the Glasgow International Airport a wind of 76 miles an hour was recorded by ASOS.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Glasgow
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 48.200, -106.630
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines, peeled a roof off of a local lumber yard, twisted road signs and blew down large trees. Some residents north of Glasgow were without power for two days.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:31 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Ft Peck
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -106.450
Truck window was blown out by the wind.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:35 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Ft Peck
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -106.450
Hail, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:35 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Ft Peck
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -106.450
Hail, Valley
- When
- August 28, 11:45 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Ft Peck
- Measured
- 0.02 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -106.450
Large hail driven on winds in excess of 60 miles an hour punched holes in vinyl siding on numerous houses.
Hail, McCone
- When
- August 29, 12:01 AM MST
- Where
- McCone County, Vida to 40 mi S of Nashua
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -106.300
Thunderstorm Wind, McCone
- When
- August 29, 12:01 AM MST
- Where
- McCone County, 40 mi WNW of Vida
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -106.300
Thunderstorm winds to 80 mph in combination with one inch hail destroyed wheat which was almost ready to be combined.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 29, 12:10 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Frazer
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -106.030
Power outages caused by the storm causes the Frazer Schools to be closed the next day.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 29, 12:15 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 3 mi N of Oswego
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -105.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- August 29, 12:15 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 5 mi SW of Lustre
- Measured
- 81 kt (93 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 48.330, -105.980
A roof sustained damage due to the severe thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- August 29, 12:17 AM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, Wolf Point to Wolf Pt Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.080, -105.650
77 mph wind measured at Wolf Point ASOS.
Thunderstorm Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- August 29, 12:20 AM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, Wolf Pt to Wolf Pt Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -105.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- August 29, 12:45 AM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, Wolf Pt
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -105.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Daniels
- When
- August 29, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Daniels County, 21 mi SE of Scobey
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 48.580, -105.080
Thunderrstorm winds nicking southeast Daniels County did damage to a farm, destorying a barn, two grain bins and a corral.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- August 29, 1:15 AM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 15 mi SW of Antelope
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.530, -104.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- August 29, 1:15 AM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 15 mi SW of Antelope
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.530, -104.680
Hail, Roosevelt
- When
- August 29, 1:15 AM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 32 mi N of Poplar
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.570, -105.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- August 29, 1:15 AM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 32 mi N of Poplar
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 48.570, -105.200
A Grain auger was destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- August 29, 1:50 AM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, Plentywood
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.780, -104.570
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.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5613003, 5613004, 5613022, 5613005, 5613006, 5613007, 5613008, 5613009, 5613010, 5613011, 5613012, 5613023, 5613024, 5613013, 5613014, 5613015, 5613016, 5613017, 5613018, 5613027, 5613019, 5613020, 5613025, 5613026, 5613021.