Thunderstorm Wind, Petroleum
- When
- July 16, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Petroleum County, 16 mi N of Winnett
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.233, -108.350
60 mph wind gust reported by spotter 18 miles north of Winnett.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 16, 2002
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:48 UTC.
Event by event
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Petroleum
- When
- July 16, 6:45 PM MST
- Where
- Petroleum County, 16 mi N of Winnett
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.233, -108.350
59 mph wind gust reported by the Dry Blood Creek RAWS.
Hail, Garfield
- When
- July 16, 6:52 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 15 mi N of Mosby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.217, -107.867
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- July 16, 7:10 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 6 mi N of Sand Spgs
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.183, -107.483
70 mph wind gust reported by spotter 6 miles north of Sand Springs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- July 16, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 10 mi SE of Sand Spgs
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.000, -107.333
Thunderstorm wind downed 6 inch diameter tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- July 16, 7:20 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 12 mi NW of Sand Spgs
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.217, -107.667
60 mph wind gust reported by spotter 12 miles NW of Sand Springs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- July 16, 8:15 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 5 mi E of Jordan
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.317, -106.783
60 mph wind reported by spotter 5 miles east of Jordan.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- July 16, 8:15 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 30 mi NW of Jordan
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.617, -107.333
78 mph wind gust reported by the South Sawmill Creek RAWS.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- July 16, 8:50 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 40 mi SW of Glasgow
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.783, -107.250
58 mph wind gust reported by the King Coulee RAWS.
Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie
- When
- July 16, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie County, 20 mi NW of Terry
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.983, -105.600
60 mph wind gust reported by spotter 20 miles northwest of Terry.
Thunderstorm Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- July 16, 10:18 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 8 mi E of Poplar
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -105.033
60 mph wind gust reported at the Poplar RAWS.
Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie
- When
- July 16, 10:59 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie County, 11 mi SW of Mildred
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.567, -105.117
65 mph wind gust reported by spotter 11 miles southwest of Mildred.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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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More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5310281, 5310286, 5310282, 5310283, 5310284, 5310285, 5310287, 5310288, 5310289, 5310291, 5310290, 5310292.