Montana, 2002

Hail in Montana, August 25, 2002

August 25, 2002 · NWS GGW · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$10,000
Events
5

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 Aug 25, 7:55 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 7:55 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
855 AM MDT SUN AUG 25 2002

.SHORT TERM...
ALREADY UPDATED TO BOOST POPS OVER MAINLY NORTHERN ZONES. REMNANTS
OF UPPER LOW ARE OVER CENTRAL MONTANA THIS MORNING WITH DEFORMATION
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WOLF POINT TO MEDICINE HAT. EXPECT
THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH NORTH THROUGH THE DAY AS THE
UPPER LOW/WAVE PUSHES EAST. THUS BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE OVER
NORTHERN ZONES TODAY. WEAKER CONVECTION OCCURING ON THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE WAVE OVER FERGUS COUNTY AND SHOULD SPREAD EAST WITH THE UPPER
WAVE. KEEPING LOW POPS OVER SOUTHERN ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. EBERT

.LONG TERM...REMNANTS OF UPPER LOW DRIFT SOUTH AND REFORM INTO
ANOTHER CLOSED...BUT FAIRLY WEAK...UPPER LOW TO OUR WEST...A PATTERN
SIMILAR TO PAST FEW DAYS. MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON
THIS IDEA. LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY HAVE INFLUENCE MOST OF 4 TO 7 DAY
PERIOD...BUT LIKELY TO END UP BEING SIMILAR TO PAST FEW DAYS WITH
ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY. WILL LEAVE FORECAST UNCHANGED WITH FOCUS ON
WED AND THU THUNDERSTORMS...FRI AND SAT DRY. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURE THROUGH PERIOD. SIMONSEN

KGGW TBB /084 058/081 053/076 8252223
     BBBB 052/076 050/081 053/079 053/075    / 8233330000
KGDV BBB /085 059/085 053/080 8222223
     BBBB 052/079 051/083 052/082 055/080    / 8233330000

.GGW...NONE.

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sheridan

When
August 25, 12:25 PM MST
Where
Sheridan County, Medicine Lake
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.500, -104.500

Hail, Sheridan

When
August 25, 12:40 PM MST
Where
Sheridan County, 5 mi NE of Plentywood
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.833, -104.483

Hail, McCone

When
August 25, 1:30 PM MST
Where
McCone County, 5 mi SE of Brockway
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.250, -105.683

Hail, Dawson

When
August 25, 2:20 PM MST
Where
Dawson County, 6 mi NW of Lindsay
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.283, -105.233

Hail, Richland

When
August 25, 2:55 PM MST
Where
Richland County, 3 mi N of Lambert
Measured
0.75 in hail
Crop damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.400, -104.467

Hail destroyed wheat crop 3 miles north of Lambert.

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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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: 5317211, 5317212, 5317214, 5317213, 5317215.