Montana, 2002

Hail in Montana, July 6, 2002

July 6, 2002 · NWS GGW · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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
None recorded
Events
2

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 Jul 6, 1:15 PM MST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:15 PM MST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
215 PM MDT SAT JUL 6 2002

.SHORT TERM...BAND OF CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHEAST ZONES ASSOCIATED
WITH THETA E AND CAPE GRADIENT WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE CWA FROM THE
SOUTH.  ANTICIPATE SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT
AS THE GRADIENT ROTATES FURTHER INTO THE CWA.  TEMPERATURES ARE DOWN
TODAY BECAUSE EVAPORATION OF MOISTURE FROM RAINFALL THIS MORNING IS
USING AVAILABLE SOLAR ENERGY.  OTHERWISE TEMPS WOULD BE 90+ MOST
AREAS.

NEXT SYSTEM BEGINS ITS APPROACH SUNDAY EVENING AS THE WARM SECTOR
MOVES IN.  RUC METEOGRAMS SHOWING AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY.  COLD
FRONT ARRIVES MONDAY AFTERNOON PRECEDED BY STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF IT.
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING AND POSSIBLY LINGER OVERNIGHT IN THE EASTERN ZONES.  TUESDAY
WILL BE COOLER THAN EITHER SUNDAY OR MONDAY AS THE COOLER AIR MASS
SETTLES IN AND CLEARING TAKES PLACE.

.LONG TERM...SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES ROTATING ACROSS THE TOP OF A
DIRTY UPPER RIDGE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.  A SURFACE HIGH
PUSHES INTO THE CWA FROM ALBERTA BRINGING SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS AND
POSSIBLY COOLER TEMPERATURES LATE SATURDAY.  FLOW AROUND THE HIGH
WILL PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AGAIN...POSSIBLY FUELING ANOTHER
ROUND OF THUNDER OVER THE WEEKEND.  MCNULTY

KGGW BBB 061/091 060/092 057/083 81524362
     BBBB 059/087 061/088 060/086 059/090 8111111111

KGDV BBB 063/093 061/093 063/084 81533263
     BBBB 059/089 060/087 063/089 060/089 8111111111

.GGW...NONE.

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:03 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McCone

When
July 6, 9:05 PM MST
Where
McCone County, 15 mi SW of Brockway
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.150, -106.000

Hail, McCone

When
July 6, 9:44 PM MST
Where
McCone County, 3 mi WSW of Brockway
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.283, -105.833

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.

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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: 5310068, 5310069.