Hail in Montana, June 19, 2006

Name: Hail in Montana, June 19, 2006
Start: 2006-06-19T15:30
End: 2006-06-19T18:33
Location: Montana

June 19, 2006 · NWS BYZ · 14 events in 5 counties and zones

14 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.

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Event by event

14 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yellowstone

When: June 19, 3:30 PM MST
Where: Yellowstone County, Billings
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.800, -108.483

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 4:25 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 2 mi E of Otter
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.200, -106.083

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 4:30 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 11 mi ENE of Otter
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.267, -105.900

Hail, Rosebud

When: June 19, 4:45 PM MST
Where: Rosebud County, 15 mi S of Ashland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.383, -106.267

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 5:00 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 9 mi NE of Moorhead
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.150, -105.767

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 5:05 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 9 mi E of Moorhead
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.050, -105.717

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 5:10 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 20 mi SW of Broadus
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.250, -105.700

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 5:22 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, Moorhead
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.050, -105.900

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 5:33 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 6 mi ESE of Moorhead
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.017, -105.783

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 5:45 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 14 mi N of Moorhead
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.250, -105.900

Hail, Big Horn

When: June 19, 5:57 PM MST
Where: Big Horn County, 50 mi E of Wyola
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.133, -106.350

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 6:10 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, Otter
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.200, -106.117

Hail, Carter

When: June 19, 6:30 PM MST
Where: Carter County, Ridge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.050, -105.017

Hail, Powder River

When: June 19, 6:33 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 11 mi ENE of Otter
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.267, -105.900

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5531239, 5531240, 5531241, 5531242, 5531278, 5531279, 5531280, 5531281, 5531282, 5531283, 5531284, 5531285, 5531286, 5531287.