Hail in Mineral County, Montana

Hail May 30, 2015 · Mineral County, Montana

0.88 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter reported mostly 0.50 inch to 0.75 inch hail, with a few nickel-sized hailstones (0.88 in). Winds were estimated to be gusting at 50 mph with the storm's passage.

The wider storm

Heavy rain and small hail producing thunderstorms developed the afternoon of May 30th, 2015. The strongest cell was a supercell in Western Montana which held together for over 2 hours and produced nickel-sized hail and torrential downpours over I-90 west of Superior, MT.

Began near Southern Cross (47.3928, -115.3503).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 578661. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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