Hail, Powder River
- When
- June 25, 2:57 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 20 mi N of Broadus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.730, -105.420
Spotter report of dime size hail.
Hail and Lightning Strike in Montana, June 25, 1999
8 hail, 1 lightning, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 Billings radar (KBLX), 247 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Powder River
- When
- June 25, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 24 mi W of Broadus
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -105.920
Golf Ball size hail was reported at Home Creek Butte.
Hail, Custer
- When
- June 25, 3:43 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 20 mi SE of Mizpah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -104.970
Spotter report of dime size hail.
Hail, Carter
- When
- June 25, 3:57 PM MST
- Where
- Carter County, Ekalaka
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -104.550
DES reported quarter size hail.
Hail, Carter
- When
- June 25, 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- Carter County, 15 mi S of Ekalaka
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -104.550
Spotter report of dime size hail.
Hail, Powder River
- When
- June 25, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, Broadus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -105.420
Spotter report of dime size hail.
Lightning, Custer
- When
- June 25, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 20 mi S of Mizpah
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.253, -105.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 14 year-old boy was struck and killed by lightning while standing on a front tire of a tractor in a field.
Hail, Carter
- When
- June 25, 5:28 PM MST
- Where
- Carter County, 20 mi S of Ekalaka
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.600, -104.550
Spotter report of dime size hail.
Hail, Custer
- When
- June 25, 6:13 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 20 mi NW of Miles City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.600, -106.130
Spotter report of dime size hail.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Custer | 1999-07-25 | 14 | Male | Heavy Equipment/Construction | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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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: 5698442, 5698443, 5698444, 5698445, 5698446, 5698447, 5698450, 5698448, 5698449.