Hail, Valley
- When
- June 24, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 8 mi WSW of Lustre
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.336, -106.061
Spotter reported quarter size hail.
Hail and Heavy Rain in Montana, June 24, 2010
A southwest flow aloft combined with marginally unstable low and mid levels of the atmosphere brought isolated severe thunderstorms to the area (mainly eastern Valley, Roosevelt and northern Richland counties).
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
- 6
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.
A southwest flow aloft combined with marginally unstable low and mid levels of the atmosphere brought isolated severe thunderstorms to the area (mainly eastern Valley, Roosevelt and northern Richland counties).
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Valley
- When
- June 24, 4:03 PM MST to 4:05 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, Lustre to 10 mi E of Lustre
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.380, -105.900
Spotters reported quarter size hail from Lustre to 10 miles east of Lustre.
Hail, Roosevelt
- When
- June 24, 5:30 PM MST to 6:05 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, Wolf Pt to 1 mi N of Poplar
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -105.650
Spotters reported quarter size hail with this storm.
Heavy Rain, Roosevelt
- When
- June 24, 6:10 PM MST to 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 2 mi SE of Poplar
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.080, -105.169
Spotter reported 0.6 of rain in 10 minutes.
Hail, Roosevelt
- When
- June 24, 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 3 mi SE of Poplar
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.069, -105.154
Spotter reported a few tree branches downed and a few dents on vehicles.
Hail, Richland
- When
- June 24, 7:05 PM MST
- Where
- Richland County, 22 mi NNW of Sidney
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.994, -104.332
Dents on vehicles were reported with the large hail.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 238291, 238293, 238300, 238301, 238304, 238306.