Montana, 2025

Flood and Hail in Montana, July 31, 2025

July 31, 2025 · NWS GGW · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms moved east through the area.

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Severe thunderstorms moved east through the area.

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Dawson

When
July 31, 2:05 PM MST
Where
Dawson County, 6.67 mi SW of Intake to 6.83 mi SW of Intake
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
47.242, -104.644

Dawson County Emergency Manager reported water flowing over Highway 16 due to heavy rain from thunderstorms.

Hail, Garfield

When
July 31, 7:30 PM MST
Where
Garfield County, 10.97 mi SW of Haxby Point
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
47.620, -106.550

Public reported golf ball size hail.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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: 1273400, 1273401.