Montana, 2001

Hail in Montana, June 27, 2001

June 27, 2001 · NWS BYZ · 10 events in 2 counties and zones

10 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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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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 27, 1:30 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:30 PM MST, 5 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
230 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EASTERN HALF COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL
   900 PM....

.THU AND FRI...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN WYOMING TO ROTATE INTO SOUTHERN MONTANA THIS
AFTERNOON THEN INTO SOUTHEAST MONTANA TONIGHT. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE CLEAR AIR SOUTH OF
THE CENTRAL MONTANA CLOUD MASS WITH LIFTED INDICES BECOMING MORE
NEGATIVE WITH TIME. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
20Z TO 03Z FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF BILLINGS CWA THROUGH 900 PM FOR
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. MODELS INDICATE THAT THERE WILL BE AREAS OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL. WEST COAST COOL FRONT TO MOVE INTO WESTERN
MONTANA BY MORNING BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DIMINISHED CHANCES
OF SEVERE WEATHER. THORICHT

.SAT...SUN...MON...TUE...WED...

THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE TROF WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON THAT DAY...THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE GREATEST ON THAT DAY.  UNTIL THE SURFACE
TROF MOVES THROUGH...HOT CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN MONTANA BY MONDAY...
BRINGING COOLER AND DRY WEATHER TO THE AREA. MIDDENDORF

    THU     FRI     SAT     SUN     MON     TUE     WED
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 062/086 060/083 062/093 062/093 058/082 053/082 057/084
    33/T    23/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B
LVM 057/083 056/081 055/090 055/088 055/078 046/080 050/082
    34/T    23/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B
HDN 059/089 058/084 060/094 060/094 059/085 050/085 053/087
    33/T    23/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B
MLS 063/089 062/086 063/095 064/095 061/085 054/085 058/087
    32/T    23/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B
4BQ 062/088 061/087 064/095 063/095 060/083 052/083 056/085
    32/T    23/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B
BHK 060/086 060/088 061/095 062/093 060/081 050/081 055/083
    32/T    23/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B
SHR 059/087 055/085 055/092 055/094 055/081 047/081 050/083
    33/T    22/T    22/B    23/T    30/B    00/B    00/B

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Event by event

10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 1:35 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, Plevna
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.417, -104.517

Hail, Custer

When
June 27, 1:55 PM MST
Where
Custer County, Ismay
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.500, -104.783

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 1:55 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, 4 mi W of Plevna
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.417, -104.600

Hail, Custer

When
June 27, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Custer County, Ismay
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.500, -104.783

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 2:17 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, 5 mi W of Baker
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.367, -104.383

Hail, Custer

When
June 27, 2:35 PM MST
Where
Custer County, 9 mi SW of Ismay
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.400, -104.917

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 2:50 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, 8 mi NW of Baker
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.450, -104.400

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 2:55 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, 9 mi N of Baker
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.500, -104.283

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 3:20 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, 20 mi NE of Baker
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.567, -103.983

Hail, Fallon

When
June 27, 3:35 PM MST
Where
Fallon County, 25 mi NE of Baker
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.617, -103.917

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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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: 5249592, 5249593, 5249600, 5249594, 5249601, 5249599, 5249595, 5249596, 5249597, 5249598.