Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 28, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 28, 2001
Start: 2001-07-28T13:00
End: 2001-07-28T18:22
Location: Montana

July 28, 2001 · NWS BYZ · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
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.

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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 8:00 AM MST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 8:00 AM MST, 5 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 9:45 AM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS, MT
1045 AM MDT SAT JUL 28 2001

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

0900 PM    6 SW MOLT                 MT   60-70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/27/01   STILLWATER                     WIND BLEW OVER 4 LARGE
                                          TREES. REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0920 PM    3 NE LAUREL               MT   .88 INCH HAIL
07/27/01   YELLOWSTONE                    REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0935 PM    BILLINGS                  MT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/27/01   YELLOWSTONE                    REPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

1044 PM    5 W HARDIN                MT   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/27/01   BIG HORN                       REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1103 PM    HARDIN                    MT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/27/01   BIG HORN                       REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

1109 PM    8 N HARDIN                MT   100 MPH TSTM WIND GUST. SEVERAL 5 TO
07/27/01   BIG HORN                       6 FOOT DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

RC

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carbon

When: July 28, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Carbon County, 5 mi W of Joliet
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.483, -109.083

Wind damage. Roof blown off house and chicken coop blown over