Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 5, 2025

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 5, 2025
Start: 2025-07-05T11:34
End: 2025-07-05T17:15
Location: Montana

July 5, 2025 · NWS BYZ · 11 events in 6 counties and zones

75 inches in diameter.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 BYZ wrote it up.

Thunderstorms occurred across much of southern Montana, producing gusts up to 70 mph and hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 1:08 PM MST, 22 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:08 PM MST, 22 hours 26 minutes before

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The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.

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Event by event

8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yellowstone

When: July 5, 11:34 AM MST
Where: Yellowstone County, 0.96 mi W of Billings Logan Arpt
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 45.800, -108.550

Asos weather station at Billings Airport.

Hail, Big Horn

When: July 5, 12:46 PM MST
Where: Big Horn County, 3.59 mi NNE of St Xavier
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.520, -107.700

Hail reported by mping.

Thunderstorm Wind, Treasure

When: July 5, 1:15 PM MST
Where: Treasure County, 6.51 mi SSE of Myers
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 46.160, -107.310

Weather station by mt dot.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rosebud

When: July 5, 1:30 PM MST
Where: Rosebud County, 1.42 mi W of Ingomar
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 46.580, -107.400

Mesonet station mting at 1.6 w Ingomar.

Hail, Big Horn

When: July 5, 1:35 PM MST
Where: Big Horn County, 16.08 mi E of Crow Agency
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.630, -107.120

Hail 1.5 inches in diameter.

Hail, Rosebud

When: July 5, 2:27 PM MST
Where: Rosebud County, 0.84 mi NE of Lame Deer
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.610, -106.660

Hail 1 inch in diameter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rosebud

When: July 5, 2:54 PM MST
Where: Rosebud County, 10.22 mi E of Birney
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.330, -106.310

Gust estimated by a spotter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Powder River

When: July 5, 3:05 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 1.47 mi NNW of Sayle
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.250, -105.980

Measured by mesonet weather station.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rosebud

When: July 5, 3:10 PM MST
Where: Rosebud County, 3.56 mi NW of Lame Deer
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.630, -106.730

Gust estimated by trained spotter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Powder River

When: July 5, 4:07 PM MST
Where: Powder River County, 10.47 mi N of Biddle
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.250, -105.320

Multiple tree branches down, up to 3 inches in diameter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carter

When: July 5, 5:15 PM MST
Where: Carter County, 2.81 mi ESE of Alzada
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 45.000, -104.370

Recorded by weather station via mt dot.

What these are

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.
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

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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: 1288043, 1288040, 1288044, 1288046, 1288041, 1288042, 1288048, 1288049, 1288047, 1288050, 1288051.