Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 12, 2001

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

7

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.

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 12, 12:50 PM MST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

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The Billings radar (KBLX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.

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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.

Hail

Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Flash Flood in Washington, July 12, 20011 death · $1.5 million · 1 event
• Heat in Mississippi, July 12, 20011 death · 1 event
• Heat in Texas, July 12, 20011 death · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 12 to 13, 2001$340,000 · 2 in hail · 9 events
• Wildfire in California, July 12, 2001$350,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 12, 2001$200,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 12, 2001$60,000 · 50 kt wind · 18 events
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 12, 2001$42,000 · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 2001$20,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 events
• Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 12, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 20011 in hail · 12 events
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 12, 2001$15,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Montana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, July 2001

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: 5259115, 5259109, 5259110, 5259111, 5259114, 5259112, 5259113.