Montana, 1999

Tornado and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999

June 20, 1999 · NWS BYZ · 3 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Fallon

When
June 20, 7:00 PM MST to 7:15 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, Baker to 12 mi N of Baker
Rating
F2
Path length
5 mi
Path width
300 yd
Reported by
STORM CHASER
Coordinates
46.530, -104.180

A large tornado which touched down near Ollie Road, about 3 miles east of Montana Highway 7. The tornado travelled north to County Road 616 then northwest over Beaver Creek before lifting at the Fallon/Wibaux County border. The tornado destroyed a well built cattle shed, lifted up, twisted and moved a large irrigation pipe about 100 yards and sucked the water out of a section of Beaver Creek.

Funnel Cloud, Fallon

When
June 20, 7:10 PM MST to 7:45 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
46.334, -104.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous funnel clouds were reported by the Fallon County Sheriffs Department.

Hail, Fallon

When
June 20, 7:25 PM MST to 7:30 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, Ollie
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.580, -104.080

Golf ball size hail was reported in Ollie.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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.

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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: 5698336, 5698337, 5698338.