Hail, Garfield
- When
- July 9, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 10 mi NNW of Cohagen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -106.680
Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 9, 1998
2 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
- None recorded
- 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), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wibaux
- When
- July 9, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Wibaux County, 21 mi SSW of Wibaux
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -104.350
Flash Flood, Wibaux
- When
- July 9, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wibaux County, 22 mi SW of Wibaux
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.965, -104.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cedar Creek overflowed its banks for about 8 miles above Pine Unit Road.
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
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 9, 1998
- Hail in Oregon, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 9, 1998
- Flood in North Dakota, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 9 to 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 9, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 9, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, July 9, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5653852, 5653853, 5653854.