Montana, 2001

Hail in Montana, June 8, 2001

June 8, 2001 · NWS BYZ · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 8, 12:55 PM MST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:55 PM MST, 6 hours 7 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
155 PM MDT FRI JUN 8 2001

.SAT AND SUN...
SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE AREA WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORT
WAVES TO MOVE THROUGH THE BILLINGS FORECAST AREA. FIRST WAVE EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH AROUND 0Z THIS EVENING. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT
INTO THE AREA AND WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME
VERY UNSTABLE. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM BILLINGS EASTWARD
LOOKS GOOD FOR TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE SATURDAY...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TO MOVE OVER SC MT
AROUND 18Z SATURDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE OVER THE SE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ETA AND AVN SHOWING
MAIN SHORT WAVE ENERGY TO BE OVER NORTHERN MONTANA ON SUNDAY. WEAKER
SHORT WAVE ENERGY IS PROGGED TO MOVE OVER SOUTHERN MONTANA ON SUNDAY.
ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNSTABLE WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SE. RICHMOND

.MON...TUE...WED...THU...FRI...
MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A SIGNIFICANT TROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA WITH GUSTY WINDS AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WEAK RIDGING THEN FORMS OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK FOR SLOW WARMING
AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS. THORICHT

    SAT     SUN     MON     TUE     WED     THU     FRI
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 055/087 058/086 054/077 047/064 044/066 047/072 049/077
    43/T    22/T    44/T    43/W    22/B    22/B    22/U
LVM 050/082 049/080 052/074 045/061 041/064 045/070 047/075
    43/T    22/T    44/T    43/W    22/B    22/B    22/U
HDN 054/088 055/089 055/077 045/065 044/067 046/072 048/076
    43/T    44/T    44/T    43/W    22/B    22/B    22/U
MLS 058/089 057/089 057/077 049/067 044/067 049/074 049/076
    44/T    43/T    44/T    43/W    22/E    22/B    22/U
4BQ 057/089 056/088 056/077 046/065 042/065 047/075 048/073
    44/T    43/T    44/T    43/W    22/E    22/B    22/U
BHK 055/085 057/086 055/077 044/063 040/065 045/072 046/071
    44/T    43/T    44/T    43/W    22/E    22/B    22/U
SHR 050/086 052/087 052/074 040/063 039/064 041/068 044/076
    43/T    22/T    44/T    43/W    22/E    22/B    22/U

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yellowstone

When
June 8, 7:02 PM MST
Where
Yellowstone County, 3 mi SE of Billings
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.767, -108.433

Hail, Yellowstone

When
June 8, 7:40 PM MST
Where
Yellowstone County, Lockwood
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.783, -108.433

Hail, Rosebud

When
June 8, 10:45 PM MST
Where
Rosebud County, Birney
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.317, -106.517

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: 5250182, 5250183, 5250260.