Funnel Cloud, Toole
- When
- July 15, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Toole County, 6 mi SW of Shelby
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.439, -111.943
A funnel cloud was observed by the public for several minutes at Shelby 6SW.
Hail in Montana, July 15, 2009
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over Toole County. Hail the size of quarters was reported.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over Toole County. Hail the size of quarters was reported.
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Toole
- When
- July 15, 3:24 PM MST
- Where
- Toole County, 6 mi S of Shelby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.413, -111.850
A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Shelby 6S.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 172771, 172768.