Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 20, 9:45 AM MST to 9:50 AM MST
- Where
- Dawson County, Glendive
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -104.733
Hail and Lightning Strike in Montana, July 20, 2006
2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 188 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Richland
- When
- July 20, 9:50 AM MST
- Where
- Richland County, Sidney
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.788, -104.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wibaux
- When
- July 20, 10:45 AM MST
- Where
- Wibaux County, 6 mi SE of Wibaux
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.917, -104.100
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 20, 2006
- Rip Current in Florida, July 20, 2006
- Heat in California, July 20 to 25, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 20, 2006
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 20, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 20, 2006
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 20, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 20, 2006
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 20, 2006
More
Every storm in Montana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, July 2006
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: 5526607, 5526609, 5526608.