Hail in Montana, June 5, 2005

Name: Hail in Montana, June 5, 2005
Start: 2005-06-05T19:00
End: 2005-06-05T19:00
Location: Montana

June 5, 2005 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

75 inch diameter hail at Dutton 7SE.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Dutton 7SE.

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 5, 6:30 PM MST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:30 PM MST, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
730 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MAIN FOCUS FOR THE PERIOD WILL BE THE
STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE 12Z
MODELS INITIALIZED PRETTY WELL THIS MORNING WITH RESPECT TO LONG AND
SHORT WAVES. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS IS THE NAM
PROGS A FARTHER SOUTH TRACK OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY THROUGH THE GREAT
BASIN. THIS IS GENERALLY SUPPORTED BY THE LONG WAVE PATTERN...AS
WELL AS GLOBAL GUIDANCE. WILL THEREFORE USE THE 12Z NAM FOR THIS
FORECAST PACKAGE.

TONIGHT...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL EJECT THROUGH WESTERN MONTANA OFF
A CLOSED LOW ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. AT THE SURFACE...A
PACIFIC FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE...GETTING THROUGH MOST OF
THE ZONES BY MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS.
THE BIGGEST SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT POSING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT.

MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SEVERAL PIECES OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL
RIDE THROUGH THE REGION AS THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY MOVES
EAST THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE BEST LIFT WILL BE OVER THE
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS CLOSER TO BETTER DYNAMICS. WILL PLACE HIGH
CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS OVER THIS AREA. LOWER CHANCE POPS WILL BE KEPT
OVER THE PLAINS WHERE LIFT WILL BE A BIT MORE MARGINAL. TEMPERATURES
WERE LOWERED A FEW DEGREES DUE TO THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AN
PRECIPITATION. SCHAUMANN

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO THE
MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. THE GENERAL PATTERN OF AN UPPER TROF OVER THE
AREA WILL HOLD WITH GENERALLY WET AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS THROUGH
THE PERIOD. SOME AREAS MAY SEE HEAVY RAINFALL DEPENDING ON THE TRACK
OF THE UPPER LOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL
AVERAGES WEDNESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY WARMING TO SEASONAL VALUES BY
WEEKS END.

&&

.AVIATION...
UPDATED AT 0130Z
THE AIRMASS IS UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING. THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE
WEST DURING THE EVENING AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PLAINS PAST MIDNIGHT.  VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GTF  45  60  41  62 /  70  20  20  20
CTB  43  61  39  61 /  70  20  20  20
HLN  48  61  43  61 /  60  30  30  30
BZN  44  58  36  56 /  60  40  40  40
WEY  37  52  30  50 /  50  40  40  40
DLN  39  55  34  53 /  50  40  40  50
HVR  50  65  43  68 /  50  30  30  30
LWT  48  59  38  60 /  50  30  20  20

&&

.TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SCHAUMANN
LONG TERM....EMANUEL
AVIATION...EMANUEL

WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:00 AM MST, 14 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
600 AM MDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MTZ008>012-014-015-044>055-061130-
BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-
CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-
LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-
GALLATIN-
600 AM MDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND CENTRAL MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH DARK. PLEASE REFER TO GTFSPSTFX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND
OF HEAVY RAIN FALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. WITH SOILS ACROSS THIS REGION NEARLY
SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CREATE RAPID RUNOFF AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. SOME SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD RISE
NEAR OR JUST ABOVE BANKFUL AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ013-061130-
CHOUTEAU-
600 AM MDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON FOR ALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THE HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS IN CHOUTEAU
COUNTY.

THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH DARK. PLEASE REFER TO GTFSPSTFX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND
OF HEAVY RAIN FALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. WITH SOILS ACROSS THIS REGION NEARLY
SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CREATE RAPID RUNOFF AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. SOME SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD RISE
NEAR OR JUST ABOVE BANKFUL AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:50 PM MST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
350 PM MDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0220 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0328 PM     HAIL             5 SW AUGUSTA            47.44N 112.47W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

&&

MEIER

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:11 PM MST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
411 PM MDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0220 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0328 PM     HAIL             5 SW AUGUSTA            47.44N 112.47W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

0340 PM     HAIL             AUGUSTA                 47.49N 112.39W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0340 PM     HAIL             1 SW AUGUSTA            47.48N 112.41W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MEIER

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:59 PM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
459 PM MDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0220 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0328 PM     HAIL             5 SW AUGUSTA            47.44N 112.47W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

0340 PM     HAIL             AUGUSTA                 47.49N 112.39W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0340 PM     HAIL             1 SW AUGUSTA            47.48N 112.41W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0430 PM     HAIL             3 E AUGUSTA             47.49N 112.33W
06/05/2005  1.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

&&

MEIER

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:09 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
609 PM MDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0220 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0328 PM     HAIL             5 SW AUGUSTA            47.44N 112.47W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

0340 PM     HAIL             AUGUSTA                 47.49N 112.39W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0340 PM     HAIL             1 SW AUGUSTA            47.48N 112.41W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0430 PM     HAIL             3 E AUGUSTA             47.49N 112.33W
06/05/2005  1.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

0523 PM     HAIL             12 W FAIRFIELD          47.62N 112.24W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        TETON              MT   PUBLIC

            GROUND IS WHITE FROM HAIL

0535 PM     HAIL             10 W FAIRFIELD          47.62N 112.19W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        TETON              MT   PUBLIC

&&

MEIER

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:36 PM MST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
736 PM MDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0220 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    47.99N 108.65W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLAINE             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0328 PM     HAIL             5 SW AUGUSTA            47.44N 112.47W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

0340 PM     HAIL             AUGUSTA                 47.49N 112.39W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0340 PM     HAIL             1 SW AUGUSTA            47.48N 112.41W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0430 PM     HAIL             3 E AUGUSTA             47.49N 112.33W
06/05/2005  1.75 INCH        LEWIS AND CLARK    MT   PUBLIC

0523 PM     HAIL             12 W FAIRFIELD          47.62N 112.24W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        TETON              MT   PUBLIC

            GROUND IS WHITE FROM HAIL

0535 PM     HAIL             10 W FAIRFIELD          47.62N 112.19W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        TETON              MT   PUBLIC

0700 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SIMMS                   47.49N 111.93W
06/05/2005  0.60 INCH        CASCADE            MT   PUBLIC

            0.60 INCH RAIN IN 15 MINUTES

0700 PM     HAIL             6 SW CHOTEAU            47.75N 112.27W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        TETON              MT   PUBLIC

0720 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 NE FAIRFIELD          47.70N 111.86W
06/05/2005  60 MPH           TETON              MT   PUBLIC

&&

MEIER

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Teton

When: June 5, 7:00 PM MST
Where: Teton County, 7 mi SE of Dutton
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 47.783, -111.617

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, June 2005

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: 5454856.