Hail in Montana, June 9, 2004

Name: Hail in Montana, June 9, 2004
Start: 2004-06-09T15:05
End: 2004-06-09T16:25
Location: Montana

June 9, 2004 · NWS MSO · 10 events in 2 counties and zones

10 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.

Tornadoes
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: 10

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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 2:06 PM MST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:06 PM MST, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
306 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004

UPDATED HIGHLIGHTS BELOW

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO CLEAR OUT THE VALLEY STRATUS THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALREADY OVER CENTRAL IDAHO. MAIN
THUNDERSTORM THREATS IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND CENTRAL IDAHO WILL
BE GUSTY WINDS...SPORATIC HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL. SEVERE BURN AREAS
WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED THIS EVENING FOR FLASH FLOODING. AS THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA TOMORROW...GULF MOISTURE
TRAINING INTO THE LOW ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO WRAP
AROUND THE LOW BACK INTO OUR AREA...BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. A
RELATIVELY COOL UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SWING ACROSS THE
REGION FRIDAY. UNDER THIS FLOW REGIME THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST
MONTANA AND NORTHCENTRAL IDAHO SHOULD SEE THE MOST SHOWER ACTIVITY.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD RETURN WITH THE
AIR MASS SLOWLY DRYING AND STABILIZING.

.LONG TERM...A FAIRLY MOIST WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD PUNCH INTO
NORTHWEST MONTANA SUNDAY.  THE NEW GFS AND ECMWF MODELS SHOW THIS
MORE ZONAL FLOW.  HOWEVER...RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS
SHOULD PREVAIL ELSEWHERE.  THE MAIN STORM TRACK MAY SHIFT NORTHWARD
MONDAY INTO MID WEEK ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE AND A WARMER AIR MASS TO
BUILD INTO THE REGION.

.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT...SEE GTFSLSMT FOR
       DETAILS...
  ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SEVERELY BURNED AREAS UNTIL 9 PM MDT...SEE
       GTFFFAMSO FOR DETAILS...
ID...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT...SEE GTFSLSMT FOR
          DETAILS...
&&

SHORT TERM/BOLDT/STEGEMILLER
LONG TERM/BAUCK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 8:42 AM MST, 6 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
941 AM MDT (841 AM PDT) WED JUN 9 2004

IDZ006>010-MTZ005>007-043-100600-
SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER-WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-
EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/PINTLAR REGION-BLACKFOOT REGION-
941 AM MDT (841 AM PDT) WED JUN 9 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN
MONTANA

.DAY ONE... TODAY

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS.  STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH STORMS IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND CENTRAL IDAHO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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.

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:04 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 3:05 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, 4 mi W of Victor
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.417, -114.233

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 3:24 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, Conner
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.933, -114.133

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 3:30 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, Hamilton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.250, -114.150

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 3:33 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, 2 mi W of Florence
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.633, -114.133

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 3:42 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, 2 mi N of Darby
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.050, -114.183

Hail, Missoula

When: June 9, 3:42 PM MST
Where: Missoula County, 2 mi S of Lolo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.750, -114.117

Hail, Missoula

When: June 9, 3:47 PM MST to 4:08 PM MST
Where: Missoula County, Missoula
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 46.883, -114.000

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 3:50 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, Hamilton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.250, -114.150

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 4:10 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, 5 mi SE of Stevensville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.450, -114.017

Hail, Ravalli

When: June 9, 4:25 PM MST
Where: Ravalli County, 3 mi E of Florence
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.633, -114.017

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

Every storm in Montana in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, June 2004

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: 5404242, 5404241, 5404243, 5404244, 5404245, 5404246, 5404247, 5404248, 5404249, 5404250.