Hail in Montana, July 25, 2001

Name: Hail in Montana, July 25, 2001
Start: 2001-07-25T16:15
End: 2001-07-25T17:46
Location: Montana

July 25, 2001 · NWS GGW · 7 events in 3 counties and zones

7 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.

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The toll

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 1:30 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:30 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
230 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2001

MSAS ANALYSIS FOR LI/S ARE LOWERING AS CU FIELD DEVELOPS OVER MY SE
ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY LINE FROM GGW-MLS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST SHOULD KICK OFF STORMS
ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING. CAPES NEAR 1800 WITH LI/S ABOUT -4
SHOULD BRING SOME STORMS TO SEVERE LIMITS LATER THIS EVENING.

ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WITH WEAK
DISTURBANCES RIPPLING ACROSS THE AREA. BEST CAPES AND LI/S SHOULD OCCUR
OVER THE SE ZONES WITH CAPES AND LI/S PROBABLY ALLOWING FOR SOME
STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. 700 MB TEMPS BELOW 10C AND FORECASTED
SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE CWA SHOW NO NEGATIVE ENERGY (OR CAP) THROUGH
FRIDAY. THEREFORE...WILL GO WITH 20 POPS FOR ALL BUT THE SE ZONES. THERE
I WILL MENTION A 30 POP FOR TONIGHT (WITH A MENTION FOR SEVERE) AND
AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.  JAMBA

EXTENDED...GOOD CONTINUITY IN LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUES BUT
AVN/MRF BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN PROGRESSION OF THE GULFAK SYSTEM.
REGARDLESS...MT STILL IN STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT BY SAT WITH 20KT
SERLIES BRINGING IN MID-60S DEWPTS. CAPES OVER 2500 J/KG AND VERY
LOW LIS MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR NEMONT SAT. LIMITING FACTOR SATURDAY
DAYTIME MAY BE HIGH HEIGHTS/WARM MID LEVELS BUT UNSEASONABLY STRONG
FROPA SAT NIGHT SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENUF OF A TRIGGER FOR SEVERE
CONVECTION. COOLER ON SUNDAY...THEN GRADUAL WARMING. SW FLOW ALOFT
PROVIDES TSTORM CHANCE FOR REST OF EXTENDED.     WRIGHT

KGGW 055/084 057/087 063/089 056/081 055/082 054/082 056/083
      BBTTTTT  762222/9563333
KGDV 056/083 057/086 063/088 057/080 055/082 054/082 056/081
      BBTTTTT  763232/9563333

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
350 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    10 SW RICHEY              MT   70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/24/01   DAWSON

0605 PM    10 W (GGW)GLASGOW INTL AR MT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/01   VALLEY

0830 PM    20 W VIDA                 MT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/01   MCCONE

1030 PM    43 ENE (JDN)JORDAN        MT   FLASH FLOODS
07/24/01   GARFIELD                       WATER OVER ROAD IN 5
                                          PLACES

0300 AM    5 SW (GDV)GLENDIVE-DAWSON MT   FLASH FLOODS
07/25/01   DAWSON                         WATER OVER COUNTY HIGHWAY
                                          261

0305 AM    5 SW (GDV)GLENDIVE-DAWSON MT   .88 INCH HAIL
07/25/01   DAWSON

WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
350 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0605 PM    10 W (GGW)GLASGOW INTL AR MT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/01   VALLEY

0830 PM    20 W VIDA                 MT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/01   MCCONE

0845 PM    20 W VIDA                 MT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/01   MCCONE

1030 PM    43 ENE (JDN)JORDAN        MT   FLASH FLOODS
07/24/01   GARFIELD                       WATER OVER ROAD IN 5
                                          PLACES

1140 PM    10 SW RICHEY              MT   70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/24/01   DAWSON

0300 AM    5 SW (GDV)GLENDIVE-DAWSON MT   FLASH FLOODS
07/25/01   DAWSON                         WATER OVER COUNTY HIGHWAY
                                          261

0305 AM    5 SW (GDV)GLENDIVE-DAWSON MT   .88 INCH HAIL
07/25/01   DAWSON

WRIGHT

The radar

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Prairie

When: July 25, 4:15 PM MST
Where: Prairie County, 20 mi N of Terry
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 47.067, -105.300

Hail, Dawson

When: July 25, 4:15 PM MST
Where: Dawson County, 3 mi E of Hodges
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.983, -104.333

Hail, Wibaux

When: July 25, 4:29 PM MST
Where: Wibaux County, 6 mi NW of Wibaux
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 47.050, -104.267

Hail, Prairie

When: July 25, 5:20 PM MST
Where: Prairie County, 12 mi E of Fallon
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.833, -104.867

Hail, Dawson

When: July 25, 5:22 PM MST
Where: Dawson County, 26 mi W of Glendive
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 47.100, -105.283

Hail, Wibaux

When: July 25, 5:25 PM MST
Where: Wibaux County, 6 mi SE of Wibaux
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.917, -104.100

Hail, Wibaux

When: July 25, 5:46 PM MST
Where: Wibaux County, 6 mi E of St Phillip
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.833, -103.950

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, July 2001

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: 5261432, 5261433, 5261434, 5261437, 5261436, 5261435, 5261503.