Montana, 2002

Hail in Montana, August 7, 2002

August 7, 2002 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • 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
1

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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
300 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2002

.SHORT TERM...FORTUNATELY ETA AND AVN ARE IN MUCH AGREEMENT TODAY IN
THEIR HANDLING OF THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PAC NW. TROUGH IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP INTO A CLOSED LOW OVER CENTRAL ID BY MORNING
THEN MOVE INTO SW MT THU THEN TRACK E/ENE THU NIGHT INTO FRI.
AIRMASS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE MOIST. SHORTWAVES IN S TO SW FLOW
ALOFT WILL AFFECT THE AREA INTO THU WHEN FLOW ALOFT ALSO BECOMES
DIFLUENT. PRECIPITATION THEN BECOMES WRAP AROUND AS THE UPPER LOW
MOVES ACROSS S CENTRAL MT THU NIGHT. PRECIPITATION THEN SHOULD
DIMINISH/END FRI AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE ERN PLAINS OF MT.
MODELS INDICATE QPF TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH FRI OVER A HALF INCH
OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. FERGUS COUNTY COULD SEE TOTALS OVER
2 INCHES. NW PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD SEE ONLY LIGHT
AMOUNTS OF RAIN AS THEY WILL BE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE UPPER LOW
AND EVENTUAL WRAP AROUND MOISTURE. EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS FRI NIGHT
AS A TEMPORARY WK UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVER THE AREA. ON SAT ETA/AVN
FLOW ALOFT BECOMES CYCLONIC WLY AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WHICH
WILL DROP OVER THE AREA ON SUN. MOISTURE MAY INCREASE OVER THE N ON
SAT BUT LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE COULD PREVENT MUCH PRECIPITATION
DEVELOPMENT. STILL WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE NRN
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE CTB AREA. BLANK

.EXTENDED...
MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF
COOL AND WET WEATHER FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. COLD FRONT TO
MOVE ACROSS THE CWA ON SUNDAY TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS. EXPECT
MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS TO CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AS A COOL NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PERSIST. 12Z AVN SHOWING SOME RIDGING
ON WEDNESDAY...THEREFORE WILL DRY THINGS OUT ON WEDNESDAY. MEIER

.CCF NUMBERS
GTF RE 050/060 048/071 050 04778
    NEEEB 077/048 067/043 065/043 070/044 074 51114433211
CTB CB 045/063 047/070 048 04633
    NEEEB 072/045 062/040 060/043 065/044 067 11224433211
HLN RB 051/063 048/070 051 04777
    BEEEB 080/048 070/045 070/048 073/047 075 21113322111
BZN WE 050/065 046/067 045 04667
    BEEEB 078/048 070/045 068/048 072/047 072 42113322111
WEY WE 042/060 040/060 036 04666
    BEEEB 070/042 065/040 065/042 067/042 067 32113322111
DLN WB 048/064 045/072 045 04666
    BEEEB 077/048 068/045 069/048 071/047 073 21113322111
HVR RE 052/066 050/074 052 04666
    EEEEB 079/048 067/043 065/045 071/048 074 31114433211
LWT RR 050/062 046/064 046 0477+
    BEEEB 075/048 066/043 066/045 070/048 072 81114433211=

.TFX...NONE.

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Broadwater

When
August 7, 4:32 PM MST
Where
Broadwater County, Winston
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.433, -111.783

A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail in Winston.

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: 5317581.