Hail — Golden Valley, Montana

2021-07-06 · near Lavina Arpt, Golden Valley, Montana

Wider weather episode

Easterly to southeasterly near surface flow, to the cool side of a zone of stronger differential surface heating and deeper boundary-layer mixing to the east of the higher terrain, resulted in sufficient boundary-layer moisture to contribute to CAPE

on the order of 1000-1500 J/kg. In addition, a belt of 40+kt northwesterly flow around

500mb resulted in strong deep-layer shear. As a result, numerous severe thunderstorms producing large hail developed across portions of the Billings Forecast Area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 960093. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.