Hail, Blaine
- When
- July 3, 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- Blaine County, 9 mi N of Turner
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.983, -108.400
Hail in Montana, July 3, 2004
75 inch diameter hail at Turner 9N. The hail, along with heavy rain, caused considerable damage to area grain fields.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- 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 dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Turner 9N. The hail, along with heavy rain, caused considerable damage to area grain fields.
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 3, 2004
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 3, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 3, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 3, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 3, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5413223.