Hail, Yellowstone
- When
- May 29, 12:05 AM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County, 10 mi E of Pompeys Pillar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -107.733
Hail in Montana, May 29, 2000
8 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 8
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), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:05 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Big Horn
- When
- May 29, 12:20 AM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, 14 mi N of Hardin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.933, -107.600
Hail, Big Horn
- When
- May 29, 12:20 AM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, 14 mi N of Hardin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.933, -107.600
Hail, Treasure
- When
- May 29, 12:40 AM MST
- Where
- Treasure County, 5 mi S of Bighorn
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -107.450
Hail, Rosebud
- When
- May 29, 12:55 AM MST
- Where
- Rosebud County, Forsyth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.267, -106.667
Hail, Musselshell
- When
- May 29, 11:15 PM MST
- Where
- Musselshell County, 14 mi SSW of Roundup
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.267, -108.650
Hail, Yellowstone
- When
- May 29, 11:35 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County, Worden
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.967, -108.167
Hail, Yellowstone
- When
- May 29, 11:55 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone County, Pompeys Pillar
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -107.950
A thunderstorm developed to the northwest of Billings around 2315 MST on the night of the 28th. This storm quickly became severe and grew into a supercell within a half hour. It was the only storm in the area for the night and remained severe for about two hours. It produced hail anywhere from three quarter inch to an inch and a quarter in diameter. There was some crop damage in Yellowstone county. However, dollar amounts were not available.
What these are
- 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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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: 5147006, 5147004, 5147005, 5147003, 5147002, 5145783, 5145782, 5145781.