Hail, Pondera
- When
- June 10, 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Pondera County, 10 mi E of Dupuyer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.200, -112.283
Hail in Montana, June 10, 2003
75 inch hail at Dupuyer 10E.
Where it happened
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- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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- Marine and coastal
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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 happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail at Dupuyer 10E.
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 Jun 10, 1:35 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:35 PM MST, 10 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT930
235 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2003
.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT...ENERGY CONTINUING TO MOVE MORE SOUTHERLY FROM BC TOWARDS
WESTERN MT. GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND UPPER AIR DIVERGENCE WITH
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMING TOGETHER. LI OF -4 OVER MOST OF CWA WITH
STRONG WINDS ALOFT WHICH SHOULD MIX DOWN TO SURFACE. MODELS SLOWED
THE FRONT DOWN SO WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE LIFTING MECHANISM THROUGH THE
NIGHT. POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ON TRACK.
WEDNESDAY...UPPER TROF TO MOVE THROUGH WITH NORTHWEST FLOW BY LATE
AFTERNOON. ENOUGH RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR SOME SHOWERS
MAINLY NORTH AND FAR EASTERN PORTION OF ZONES.
THURSDAY...WEAK UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER AREA BRINGING A DRYING AND
WARMING TREND. CAMP
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BREAK DOWN THE SHORT
WAVE RIDGE OVER THE STATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS ARE SHOWING
ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER
THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY. HOWEVER...WILL
KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST OVER THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE SOUTHWEST FLOW AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT. MEIER
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...GFS MODEL CONTINUES A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER REGION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG
THE WEST COAST AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST. THUS
WILL GO WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
CLOSE TO SEASONAL AVERAGE. WILLIAMSON DC
.CCF NUMBERS
GTF EB 048/073 046/076 049 0761-
BBBBB 078/049 074/048 074/047 074/047 072 00332244444
CTB EB 047/068 045/073 043 07621
BBBBB 074/048 071/047 070/046 070/046 068 00332244444
HLN BB 049/076 049/077 047 0761-
BBBBB 077/050 076/050 076/049 076/049 074 00333344444
BZN BB 044/074 043/077 049 07600
BBEEE 078/047 075/045 075/044 075/044 073 00222233333
WEY BB 037/067 034/070 047 07300
BBEEE 070/042 069/042 066/041 066/041 064 22122233333
DLN BB 043/074 043/075 047 07300
BBEEE 076/045 075/045 072/044 072/044 070 22223333333
HVR EB 049/073 049/077 052 07621
BBBBB 082/053 078/050 077/049 077/049 075 00330033333
LWT BB 046/070 045/077 049 076--
BBBBB 080/050 071/047 070/046 070/046 068 00330044444
.TFX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES 9-10-14-46-49-52
UNTIL 9PM.Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:10 AM MST, 8 hours 35 minutes before
MTZ008>015-044>055-110010- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 610 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PLEASE REFER TO GTFSPSTFX FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Illinois, June 10, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 2003
- High Wind in Iowa, June 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 10, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 2003
- Tornado in Illinois, June 10, 2003
- Hail in Montana, June 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 10, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 10, 2003
More
Every storm in Montana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 2003
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: 5366077.