Hail, Sweet Grass
- When
- September 14, 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Sweet Grass County, 7.25 mi WNW of Melville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.140, -110.090
Hail in Montana, September 14, 2010
An isolated thunderstorm produced sub-severe hail near Melville in Sweet Grass County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 1
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 BYZ wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm produced sub-severe hail near Melville in Sweet Grass County.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 14, 2010
- Drought in Alabama, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, September 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 14 to 15, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, September 14 to 15, 2010
- Drought in Arkansas, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Drought in Alabama, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Utah, September 14, 2010
- Hail in Kansas, September 14, 2010
- Drought in Florida, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Drought in Alabama, September 14 to 27, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 14, 2010
More
Every storm in Montana in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, September 2010
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: 253088.