Hail, Pondera
- When
- August 7, 4:10 PM MST
- Where
- Pondera County, Valier
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.300, -112.250
Hail in Montana, August 7, 1997
1 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
- 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.
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, August 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 7, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Texas, August 7 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 7 to 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 7, 1997
- Tornado in California, August 7, 1997
- Flood in Texas, August 7, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 7, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 7, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 7, 1997
- Hail in Montana, August 7, 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: 5610213.