Montana, 2024

Hail in Montana, June 23, 2024

June 23, 2024 · NWS GGW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A nocturnal cold front moved through, and upon hitting a hot unstable air mass, it managed to trigger a few evening and overnight storms across northeast Montana.

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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 GGW wrote it up.

A nocturnal cold front moved through, and upon hitting a hot unstable air mass, it managed to trigger a few evening and overnight storms across northeast Montana.

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Roosevelt

When
June 23, 11:05 PM MST
Where
Roosevelt County, 0.83 mi SSE of Wolf Pt
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
State Official
Coordinates
48.090, -105.640

The Roosevelt County Dispatch Office reported hail up to the size of quarters.

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: 1176657.