Montana, 2003

Hail in Montana, June 30, 2003

June 30, 2003 · NWS GGW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 30, 7:45 PM MST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:45 PM MST, 30 minutes before
NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
845 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003

.SHORT TERM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
SEVERE PATTERN SHAPING UP MUCH AS EXPECTED WITH INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND DRY...BUT MOISTENING UP AIRMASS. LIFTED INDEX
-6 AND CAPES 1500 J/KG AT KGGW SUSTAINING SEVERE CONVECTION WITH
SEVERAL WARNINGS ISSUED AND UP TO 70 MPH WINDS OUT OF HIGH BASED
CONVECTION. STORMS MOVING EAST A LITTLE FASTER THAN FORECAST AND
HAVE ADJUSTED GRIDS AND ZONES FOR SUCH. OTHERWISE NO OTHER UPDATES.
SIMONSEN

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
A WELCOMED BROAD UPPER TROF WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER DURING THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING A COOL/DRY AIRMASS TO THE
AREA AT ALL LEVELS TO WORK INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TROF
BROADENS OVER CANADA DURING MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH MUCH OF THE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINING TO OUR NORTH. TEMPERATURES LOOK
TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. HAVE NOT MADE TOO
MANY CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST.  JAMBA

KGGW BBB 060/086 058/083 054/079 82300020
     EEBB 051/079 056/080 056/081 056/081 7600000000

KGDV BBB 062/091 060/087 055/082 82322020
     EBBB 053/079 057/084 057/084 057/084 7600000000

.GGW...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT ALL ZONES.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 9:20 AM MST, 10 hours 55 minutes before
MTZ016>027-059>062-011200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1020 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA

.DAY ONE...
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WILL ENTER A WARM AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...SO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...BUT THOSE THAT DO FORM WILL BE VERY STRONG
TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE. THE THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BEGIN IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTHEAST MONTANA EARLY THIS EVENING...SPREADING TO EASTERN SECTIONS
AND THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SIMONSEN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:11 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
0811 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0802 PM    10 E HELL CREEK RECREATIO MT   60 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03   GARFIELD

CB
Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:20 PM MST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
0820 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0817 PM    43 NE JORDAN              MT   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03   MCCONE

CB
Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:59 PM MST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
0859 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    30 N FLOWING WELLS REST A MT   60 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03   MCCONE

0820 PM    40 NE JORDAN              MT   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/30/03   GARFIELD

CB
Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:11 PM MST, 4 minutes before
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The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Roosevelt

When
June 30, 8:15 PM MST
Where
Roosevelt County, 4 mi NW of Wolf Pt
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.133, -105.717

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

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: 5366734.