Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 3, 9:08 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 20 mi S of Sun Prairie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.600, -107.670
Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 3 to 4, 1998
5 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Events
- 6
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 3, 9:45 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 5 mi S of Sun Prairie
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.820, -107.670
Hail, Garfield
- When
- July 3, 10:15 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 42 mi NW of Jordan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 47.750, -107.520
Flash Flood, Phillips
- When
- July 3, 11:45 PM MST to July 4, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, Content
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.259, -107.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coop observer and trained spotter in Content could not make it home the night of July 3rd due to the road being washed out from water running across it. When the observer arrived home, she found that 1400 pound hay bales had been moved by flowing water and a bundle of 200 wood fence posts had been swept away.
Hail, Valley
- When
- July 4, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 45 mi SW of Glasgow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.730, -107.320
Hail, Valley
- When
- July 4, 2:30 AM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 2 mi S of Glasgow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.170, -106.630
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 3, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Washington, July 3 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3 to 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Montana, July 3, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, July 3, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 3 to 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3 to 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Montana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, July 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: 5653295, 5653296, 5653297, 5653378, 5653379, 5653380.