Hail, Wheatland
- When
- June 30, 6:28 PM MST
- Where
- Wheatland County, Twodot
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.420, -110.070
Hail in Montana, June 30, 1998
A thunderstorm produced one inch diameter hail in Twodot and a high based funnel cloud in extreme southeastern Wheatland County.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced one inch diameter hail in Twodot and a high based funnel cloud in extreme southeastern Wheatland County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Wheatland
- When
- June 30, 8:25 PM MST
- Where
- Wheatland County, 20 mi SE of Harlowton
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.466, -109.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Montana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5649843, 5649844.