Thunderstorms developed over northwest Montana during the late afternoon hours. Hail the size of golf balls was reported.
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The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over northwest Montana during the late afternoon hours. Hail the size of golf balls was reported.
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 173 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:35 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Browning. The hail shattered the windshield of a police cruiser.
A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Browning 1S. Hail drifts one foot deep were reported.
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