Hail in Montana, July 14, 2002

Name: Hail in Montana, July 14, 2002
Start: 2002-07-14T15:50
End: 2002-07-14T16:00
Location: Montana

July 14, 2002 · NWS MSO · 5 events in 1 county or zone

00 inch diameter hail from a severe thunderstorm passing through the Deer Lodge area.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
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 happened

The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.

Severe weather spotters reported 0.75 inch to 1.00 inch diameter hail from a severe thunderstorm passing through the Deer Lodge area.

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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 1:12 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:12 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Powell

When: July 14, 3:50 PM MST
Where: Powell County, Deer Lodge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.400, -112.717

Hail, Powell

When: July 14, 3:53 PM MST
Where: Powell County, Deer Lodge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.400, -112.717

Hail, Powell

When: July 14, 3:58 PM MST
Where: Powell County, 2 mi S of Deer Lodge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.383, -112.717

Hail, Powell

When: July 14, 4:00 PM MST
Where: Powell County, Deer Lodge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.400, -112.717

Hail, Powell

When: July 14, 4:00 PM MST
Where: Powell County, Deer Lodge
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.400, -112.717

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

Every storm in Montana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, July 2002

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: 5309120, 5309121, 5309122, 5309123, 5309124.