Storm History: Yellowstone County, Montana

Events

1,022

Deaths

4

Injuries

8

Damage

$57 million

Episodes

406

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.

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• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 19852 deaths · 1 event here
• Flood, May 20, 20111 death · $300,000 · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 4, 20091 death · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 20, 2010$33 million · EF2 · 9 events here
• Flood, July 31, 1998$9.0 million · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 1998$7.5 million · F0 · 12 events here
• Tornado, July 2, 19582 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 2019$2.5 million · 3 in hail · 44 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2023$1.6 million · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1994$550,000 · 75 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flood, May 20, 20111 death · $300,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 1994$60,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 16, 1994$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 1994$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1994$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 6, 1955$25,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 1965$25,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1971$25,000 · F0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 16, 1993$10,000 · F0 · 2 events here
• Flood, October 2, 19981 injured · $10,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 1999$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2011$3,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 12, 19581 injured · $3,000 · 1 event here

• Hail, June 24, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20263 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 11, 2019$2.5 million · 3 in hail · 44 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20133 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 19963 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 19913 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 19913 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20252.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20222.75 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, July 27, 20162.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20132.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20102.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20012.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 20012.75 in hail · 14 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20012.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, July 2, 19582 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 1965F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 1966F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2010EF2 · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2010$33 million · EF2 · 9 events here

Every tornado in Yellowstone County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20263 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 202682 kt wind · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, March 12, 20262 events here
• High Wind, March 11, 202674 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 202679 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 25, 202667 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 16, 202670 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 7, 20251.75 in hail · 18 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 28, 20252 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20252 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20252.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20251.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20252.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 16, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 6, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20252 events here
• High Wind, December 18, 202466 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 4, 202458 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 202461 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, August 6, 20241 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 202461 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20241.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202468 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 6, 202454 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20241 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 202351 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 202354 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 202356 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2023$1.6 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 19, 20232 events here
• Winter Storm, January 26, 20231 event here
• High Wind, November 5, 202265 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 202255 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 202256 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 24, 20221.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 15, 20221.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20222.75 in hail · 14 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20221.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20221.75 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 14, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20222 events here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20222 events here
• High Wind, February 9, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 31, 202258 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202154 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, October 27, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 202156 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20212 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202178 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 202171 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, July 6, 20211.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20212.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 28, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 28, 202171 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 27, 20211 event here
• High Wind, February 21, 202171 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 4, 20212 events here
• High Wind, January 12, 202177 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 22, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202087 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202092 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 23, 20202 events here
• Winter Storm, October 17, 20202 events here
• High Wind, October 10, 202059 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 202067 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 20202 injured · 61 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 202065 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 20202.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 6, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 2, 202057 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 6, 202064 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 3, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 2, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, November 5, 20192 events here
• High Wind, October 22, 201958 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 22, 20191.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, August 11, 2019$2.5 million · 3 in hail · 44 events here
• Hail, July 24, 20191.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20191.25 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20191.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 20, 20191 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 27, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 20192 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 14, 20180.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 3, 201862 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 201853 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 20182 in hail · 12 events here
• Hail, July 2, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2018EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20181.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 27, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 20182 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20180.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 16, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 201755 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, June 20, 201761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 201654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20162.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 15, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20161.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20161 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 2016EF1 · 22 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 201560 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 2015EF0 · 18 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20150.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20151 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20142.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 27, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 201465 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 2014EF0 · 21 events here
• Hail, May 5, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 5, 20142 events here
• Flash Flood, September 7, 20131.75 in hail · 13 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 201370 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20131.75 in hail · 17 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20132.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20133 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 29, 201361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 20132.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 20131.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 201365 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 201261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 201161 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 201161 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 201152 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 14, 20111.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 201156 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20111 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20111 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 2011EF0 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 20111 event here
• Flood, May 20, 20111 death · $300,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 10, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2011$3,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 29, 20101.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 201054 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 201065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20101 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20102.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2010$33 million · EF2 · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 2010EF2 · 6 events here
• Hail, August 4, 20091.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 4, 20091 death · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 3, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 200952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20090.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 200961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 200853 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 200870 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20081.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20081.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20082 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20081 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200878 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 200761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 20071.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20071.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20072 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 6, 200756 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 13, 20071.75 in hail · 22 events here
• Hail, May 3, 20071.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 200770 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 200680 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, August 17, 20061.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, August 11, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 23, 20061 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 200675 kt wind · 8 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 200562 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 200558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 200570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 11, 2005F0 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20051.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 200577 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Rain, July 10, 20051 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20051.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20052 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20051.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20051 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 200570 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20052 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 20, 20051.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 200560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 3, 20040.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20040.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 11, 20041.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 26, 2003F0 · 1 event here
• Dust Devil, July 4, 20031 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20031 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 20, 20031 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, April 25, 20031 in hail · 1 event here
• Wildfire, September 5, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 20021 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 200260 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20021.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 200290 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 200260 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 21, 200263 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 200160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 28, 200170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20010.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 27, 20011 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20012.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20012.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 24, 200170 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20011.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20011.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20011.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20011 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 16, 20011 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20011 in hail · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Yellowstone CountyEvery warning in Yellowstone County since 1986Every county in Montana

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 2026-09-24.