Hail, Glacier
- When
- July 26, 2:39 PM MST
- Where
- Glacier County, 5 mi SE of St Mary
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.699, -113.342
Spotter reported quarter-size hail 5-miles SE of Saint Mary.
Hail in Montana, July 26, 2018
A thunderstorm developed via daytime heating of higher terrain in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta during the early afternoon of July 26th. As this storm moved southeastward, it became supercellular and produced quarter-size hail near Saint Mary.
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
- 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 TFX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm developed via daytime heating of higher terrain in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta during the early afternoon of July 26th. As this storm moved southeastward, it became supercellular and produced quarter-size hail near Saint Mary.
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 190 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 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
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- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 26, 2018
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 26, 2018
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 26, 2018
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, July 26, 2018
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 26, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, July 26, 2018
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: 760413.