Thunderstorm Wind, McCone
- When
- August 13, 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- McCone County, 9 mi N of Vida
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -105.500
A roof was blown off of a small machine shed.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 13, 1998
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:55 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McCone
- When
- August 13, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- McCone County, 1 mi NW of Vida
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.850, -105.520
Hail, McCone
- When
- August 13, 6:07 PM MST
- Where
- McCone County, 6 mi NW of Vida
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.900, -105.580
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 13 to 18, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 13 to 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 13, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1998
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Delaware, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 13, 1998
- Hail in North Dakota, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 13, 1998
- Waterspout in Hawaii, August 13, 1998
More
Every storm in Montana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, August 1998
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: 5655734, 5655735, 5655736.