Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 5, 3:12 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 5.03 mi SSE of Malta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.280, -107.840
A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 5, 2022
Shortwave moved through the southwesterly flow aloft that's been parked over the area this week and set off another round of severe thunderstorms over the area this afternoon into the overnight hours.
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
- 11
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.
Shortwave moved through the southwesterly flow aloft that's been parked over the area this week and set off another round of severe thunderstorms over the area this afternoon into the overnight hours.
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 5, 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 2.12 mi SSW of Bowdoin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.350, -107.610
Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls.
Hail, Valley
- When
- July 5, 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 9.37 mi ENE of Larslan
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -106.050
Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls.
Hail, Valley
- When
- July 5, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Valley County, 4.42 mi NE of Lustre
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.430, -105.840
Public reported hail up to the size of quarters.
Hail, Garfield
- When
- July 5, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 6.96 mi NW of Cohagen
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 47.110, -106.690
A storm chaser reported hail up to the size of quarters.
Thunderstorm Wind, Daniels
- When
- July 5, 6:34 PM MST
- Where
- Daniels County, 13.85 mi S of Navajo
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -105.050
A trained spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- July 5, 7:20 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, Medicine Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -104.500
A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of golf balls.
Hail, Prairie
- When
- July 5, 7:50 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie County, 15.12 mi NNE of Mc Cloud
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.110, -105.490
A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie
- When
- July 5, 7:50 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie County, 15.12 mi NNE of Mc Cloud
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.110, -105.490
A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- July 5, 7:52 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, Medicine Lake
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -104.500
Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of quarters.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- July 5, 7:58 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 0.69 mi N of Medicine Lake Raws
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 48.490, -104.480
The Medicine Lake RAWS site (MLKM8) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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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: 1039831, 1039834, 1039835, 1039837, 1039838, 1039841, 1039842, 1039843, 1039844, 1039846, 1039849.