Hail, Petroleum
- When
- April 13, 3:10 AM MST
- Where
- Petroleum County, 20 mi E of Winnett
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.000, -107.926
Trained spotter reported nickel-size hail.
Hail in Montana, April 13, 2010
Hail with brief heavy rain fell from thunderstorms that formed along a frontal boundary in the area.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 GGW wrote it up.
Hail with brief heavy rain fell from thunderstorms that formed along a frontal boundary in the area.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Garfield
- When
- April 13, 3:25 AM MST to 3:43 AM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 13 mi NW of Sand Spgs to Mosby
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.233, -107.676
Spotters from Mosby to 13 NW of Sand Springs reported nickel-size hail with thunderstorms.
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
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More
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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: 216619, 216620.