Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 21 to 22, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 21 to 22, 2002
Start: 2002-06-21T22:00
End: 2002-06-22T03:00
Location: Montana

June 21 to 22, 2002 · NWS GGW · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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: 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 Jun 21, 7:39 PM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:39 PM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2002

.SHORT TERM...WATCH EXPIRES AT 9 PM. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SO
FAR IN NE MT...NONE SEVERE. KGGW SOUNDING MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH LI
-7 AND CAPE 2200...AND CONDITIONS MOST UNSTABLE OVER OUR SOUTHERN
ZONES...BUT NO GOOD TRIGGER. ALL MODELS INDICATE BETTER DYNAMICS YET
TO ARRIVE LATER THIS EVENING. NEW MESOETA SHOWS THIS TOO. LOTS OF
ACTIVITY YET UPSTREAM...SO EXPECT AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY YET TO COME TONIGHT...ISOLATED SEVERE STILL POSSIBLE.
DEWPOINTS MOSTLY 60 TO 65 ACROSS AREA...WITH AN APPARENT DRY LINE
BETWEEN HAVRE AND MALTA EXTENDING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN.
ZONES UPDATED FOR WATCH EXPIRATION ONLY. SIMONSEN

.LONG TERM...STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE
WEATHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MOS GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE A
BIT GENEROUS WITH POPS. WILL CONTINUE WARM AND DRY FORECAST.  POHL

KGGW TTT 057/084 058/076 056/083 87456633
     BUUU 056/087 057/089 056/090 056/090 8722000000
KGDV TTT 057/084 058/076 056/083 87656633
     BUUU 054/085 056/088 055/091 055/091 8722000000

.GGW...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:00 PM MST, 2 hours before

MTZ016>027-059>062-220400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
900 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF
TONIGHT...BUT ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY WILL BE VERY ISOLATED.

KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The radar

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Event by event

4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McCone

When: June 21, 10:00 PM MST
Where: McCone County, 35 mi NW of Circle
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 47.783, -106.133

60 mph wind gust reported by spotter 18 miles southeast of Fort Peck.

Hail, Roosevelt

When: June 21, 11:31 PM MST
Where: Roosevelt County, Poplar
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.100, -105.200

Hail, Dawson

When: June 22, 1:15 AM MST
Where: Dawson County, 10 mi NE of Lindsay
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 47.317, -105.000

Hail, Wibaux

When: June 22, 1:40 AM MST to 1:50 AM MST
Where: Wibaux County, Wibaux
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 46.983, -104.183

Hail, Roosevelt

When: June 22, 3:00 AM MST
Where: Roosevelt County, 8 mi NE of Culbertson
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 48.233, -104.400

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, June 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: 5305892, 5305893, 5305894, 5305895, 5305896.