Montana, 2001

Hail in Montana, June 23, 2001

June 23, 2001 · NWS BYZ · 6 events in 3 counties and zones

6 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
6

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 Jun 23, 4:09 PM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 4:09 PM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
509 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2001

.SUN AND MON...
UPDATES COMING TO ZONES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED.
SPRINGER

.TUE...WED...THU...FRI...SAT...
AFTER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE REBOUNDS
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WHICH WILL DECREASE THE THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S.
EXTENDED RANGE MODELS GOING BACK AND FORTH ON DIFFERING SOLUTIONS FOR
DAYS 6 AND 7...SO WILL GO WITH A PERSISTENCE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY SINCE THERE IS NO GOOD INDICATION TO GO WITH ANY OF THE
VARYING SOLUTIONS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MEIER

    SUN     MON     TUE     WED     THU     FRI     SAT
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 062/093 055/083 052/088 052/090 052/090 052/092 052/092
    44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/U    22/U    22/B
LVM 058/087 048/081 048/085 048/087 050/087 050/089 050/089
    44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/B    22/U    22/B
HDN 060/098 053/089 050/090 050/092 050/092 050/094 050/094
    44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/U    22/U    22/B
MLS 062/095 060/084 055/090 053/092 053/094 053/094 053/094
    44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/U    22/U    22/B
4BQ 059/097 062/089 055/092 052/094 054/095 054/095 054/095
    44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/U    22/U    22/B
BHK 060/094 059/084 054/091 051/093 051/095 051/095 051/095
    44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/U    22/U    22/B
SHR 059/096 058/086 049/090 049/092 049/092 049/092 049/092
  l  44/T    44/T    43/T    33/T    22/U    22/U    22/B

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stillwater

When
June 23, 5:40 PM MST
Where
Stillwater County, Columbus
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.700, -108.917

Hail, Stillwater

When
June 23, 6:01 PM MST
Where
Stillwater County, 5 mi N of Park City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.833, -108.767

Hail, Yellowstone

When
June 23, 6:15 PM MST
Where
Yellowstone County, 10 mi N of Laurel
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.800, -109.000

Hail, Yellowstone

When
June 23, 6:15 PM MST
Where
Yellowstone County, 25 mi W of Billings
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.717, -108.717

Hail, Yellowstone

When
June 23, 6:20 PM MST
Where
Yellowstone County, 3 mi NE of Laurel
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.167, -106.800

Hail, Big Horn

When
June 23, 6:30 PM MST
Where
Big Horn County, 12 mi N of Decker
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.633, -109.250

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5250280, 5250281, 5250282, 5250283, 5250284, 5250285.