Hail, Wibaux
- When
- July 11, 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Wibaux County, 26.65 mi NNE of Beaver Hill Dot
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.370, -104.090
Public reported quarter-sized hail.
Hail in Montana, July 11, 2013
Strong daytime heating and an unstable atmosphere with a favorable wind profile allowed strong to severe thunderstorms to develop across far eastern Montana before moving into North Dakota.
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 GGW wrote it up.
Strong daytime heating and an unstable atmosphere with a favorable wind profile allowed strong to severe thunderstorms to develop across far eastern Montana before moving into North Dakota.
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 211 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 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
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 11, 2013
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, July 11, 2013
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, July 11, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, July 11 to 12, 2013
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 11, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Alabama, July 11, 2013
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 11, 2013
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, July 11, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 11, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 11, 2013
- Flood in Ohio, July 11 to 15, 2013
- Flood in Massachusetts, July 11, 2013
More
Every storm in Montana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, July 2013
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: 470171.