Hail, Custer
- When
- August 14, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 3.59 mi NNE of Volborg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.900, -105.660
Hail in Montana, August 14, 2019
An isolated thunderstorm over Carter and Powder River Counties produced severe size hail.
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
- 4
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 over Carter and Powder River Counties produced severe size hail.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 228 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:26 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Powder River
- When
- August 14, 6:50 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 16.84 mi N of Belle Creek Arpt
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.370, -105.040
Hail, Powder River
- When
- August 14, 7:01 PM MST
- Where
- Powder River County, 11.72 mi NNE of Belle Creek Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 45.290, -105.020
Hail, Carter
- When
- August 14, 7:12 PM MST
- Where
- Carter County, 3.38 mi NE of Hammond
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.260, -104.890
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
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, August 14 to 16, 2019
- Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, August 14 to 15, 2019
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, August 14, 2019
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 14, 2019
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 14, 2019
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 14, 2019
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, August 14, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 14, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 14, 2019
- Heat in California, August 14 to 16, 2019
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, August 14, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2019
More
Every storm in Montana in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, August 2019
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 836451, 836452, 836453, 836454.