Hail, Big Horn
- When
- July 5, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Wyola
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -107.380
Hail and Lightning Strike in Montana, July 5, 1998
8 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $110,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carbon
- When
- July 5, 5:30 PM MST to 5:37 PM MST
- Where
- Carbon County, Fromberg
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.380, -108.920
Dime to quarter sized hail reported.
Heavy Rain, Powder River
- When
- July 5, 6:03 PM MST to 6:48 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 8 mi SW of Biddle
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.395, -105.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A spotter reported 0.80 inches of rainfall in 45 minutes.
Hail, Yellowstone
- When
- July 5, 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County, 2 mi E of Shepherd
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.950, -108.320
Hail, Big Horn
- When
- July 5, 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Pryor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -108.530
Hail, Powder River
- When
- July 5, 6:30 PM MST to 6:56 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, Biddle
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -105.350
Several reports of dime to quarter sized hail in and around Biddle.
Hail, Powder River
- When
- July 5, 6:48 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 8 mi SW of Biddle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -105.470
Hail, Carter
- When
- July 5, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Carter County, Alzada
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -104.420
Hail, Big Horn
- When
- July 5, 7:28 PM MST to 7:35 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, 15 mi N of Hardin
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.950, -107.600
Baseball sized hail damaged numerous vehicles and broke several windows and yard lights.
Lightning, Rosebud
- When
- July 5, 10:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Rosebud County, Forsyth
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -106.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning hit a high voltage power line causing a one hour power outage in the Forsyth area.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Utah, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Arizona, July 5 to 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, July 5, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5658160, 5658161, 5658165, 5658162, 5658163, 5658164, 5658166, 5658167, 5658168, 5658169.