Montana, 2024

Hail in Montana, July 5, 2024

July 5, 2024 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A cool northwesterly flow aloft set up across the region early July, allowing for numerous showers and thunderstorms. Any severe reports early in the month will be in this episode.

Where it happened

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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 cool northwesterly flow aloft set up across the region early July, allowing for numerous showers and thunderstorms. Any severe reports early in the month will be in this episode.

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Blaine

When
July 5, 10:32 AM MST
Where
Blaine County, 3.9 mi SSW of Hogeland Arpt
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
48.800, -108.710

Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.

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.

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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: 1180002.