Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 14, 2026
Has it hailed in Carter County, Montana recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 68 hail reports with hail up to 3", among 101 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 33 high-wind reports with gusts up to 75 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Carter County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 141 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 12 miles southwest of Ekalaka to 15 miles northeast of Broadus, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1259 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms west of Ekalaka, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Ekalaka.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 1.75"
“At 451 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 23 miles east of Ekalaka to 15 miles east of Ridgeway, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Capitol and Mill Iron.”
“At 340 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles east of Ekalaka, moving east-southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Mill Iron and Webster.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 124 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 40 miles northwest of Ekalaka to 23 miles northeast of Broadus moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 113 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles east of Biddle moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Biddle, Ridge, Belle Creek, Hammond and Boyes.”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 411 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 12 miles southeast of Ekalaka to 18 miles south of Broadus, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 616 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 18 miles northeast of Alzada moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Alzada, Albion and Capitol.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 357 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northeast of Alzada, or 54 miles south of Ekalaka, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph, half inch size hail, and heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 251 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 8 miles southeast of Ridgeway, or 35 miles south of Ekalaka, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail, along with very heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1254 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 19 miles northwest of Alzada, or 38 miles southeast of Broadus, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 71 mph
“Mesonet station MTALZ 2.3 E Alzada (MT DOT). (BYZ)”
“At 1151 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 7 miles northeast of Biddle, or 23 miles southeast of Broadus, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 621 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 22 miles west of Alzada, or 38 miles southeast of Broadus, moving north at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hammond.”
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 857 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles northwest of Ridgeway, or 25 miles southwest of Ekalaka, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 824 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 20 miles west of Ridgeway to 21 miles west of Alzada, or extending from 25 miles east of Broadus to 42 miles southeast of Broadus, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 113 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18 miles east of Ekalaka, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Webster and Mill Iron.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 629 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles northwest of Alzada, or 45 miles east of Broadus, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Hail may accumulate on roadways causing hazardous travel.”
“At 527 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 9 miles northwest of Alzada, or 48 miles southeast of Broadus, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Alzada and Albion.”
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1"
“Accumulating hail. largest stone was quarter sized. (BYZ)”
3 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 2"
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 2"
“At 640 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 10 miles northeast of Biddle, or 23 miles southeast of Broadus, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 827 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of thunderstorms extending from 19 miles east of Ekalaka to 10 miles southeast of Ridgeway, or extending from 19 miles east of Ekalaka to 38 miles south of Ekalaka, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 752 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of thunderstorms extending from 11 miles northeast of Baker to 19 miles west of Ridgeway, or extending from 11 miles northeast of Baker to 26 miles east of Broadus, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 607 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers and thunderstorms extending from 19 miles northeast of Ridgeway to near Alzada, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Ridgeway, Alzada, Belltower, Albion, Capitol and Mill Iron.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 751 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles east of Biddle, or 27 miles southeast of Broadus, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hammond and Boyes.”
3 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 3"
“At 352 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from near Biddle to near Alzada, or extending from 23 miles south of Broadus to 53 miles southeast of Broadus, moving north at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
“At 506 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 22 miles northeast of Volborg to 16 miles east of Broadus, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Powderville.”
8 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 710 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of thunderstorms between Ekalaka and Baker moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Baker, Ekalaka, Plevna, Medicine Rocks State Park, Willard, Webster and Westmore.”
“At 519 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 21 miles west of Alzada, or 39 miles southeast of Broadus, moving north at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hammond and Ridge. Gusty winds will likely occur with minimal to no precipitation.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 434 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles west of Ridgeway, or 29 miles east of Broadus, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Ridgeway.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 503 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 22 miles northeast of Alzada, or 49 miles southeast of Ekalaka, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 244 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 13 miles northwest of Alzada, or 44 miles southeast of Broadus, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Albion.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 350 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms in Carter County, MT moving northwest at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Ridgeway, Alzada, Albion, Belltower and Capitol.”
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 242 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles west of Ridgeway to 6 miles north of Colony. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 152 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles north of Lightning Flat, or 29 miles southeast of Broadus, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“Windy conditions with northwest wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph are expected this morning into early this afternoon. A few localized gusts to 60 mph are possible, generally over Fallon County. Isolated light snow showers may also reduce visibility at times over northern Custer and Fallon Counties this morning. Use caution traveling today.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 814 PM MDT, Weather observations are indicating winds gusting into the 50s mph in Fallon and Custer Counties. These strong winds are expected to continue over the next hour. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. 50s mph in Fallon and Carter Counties. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 75 mph
“WHAT...West winds with gusts of 55 to 75 mph expected. Locally higher gusts are possible. WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. IMPACTS...Extreme wind gusts could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult for high profile vehicles.”
“WHAT...West winds with gusts of 50 to 70 mph expected. Locally higher gusts are possible. WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. IMPACTS...Extreme wind gusts could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult for high profile vehicles. Any sparked fires in dry grasses will spread rapidly.”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 70 mph
“WHAT...West winds with gusts of 50 to 70 mph possible. Locally higher gusts are possible. WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. WHEN...From 6 AM to 9 PM MDT Thursday. IMPACTS...Extreme wind gusts could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult for high profile vehicles. Any sparked fires in dry grasses will spread rapidly.”
“WHAT...West to northwest winds with gusts of 50 to 70 mph possible. Locally stronger gusts possible. WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Montana. WHEN...From 6 AM to 9 PM MDT Thursday. IMPACTS...Extreme wind gusts could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult for high profile vehicles.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 65 mph
“WHAT...West winds with gusts of 50 to 65 mph possible. WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Montana. WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. The warm and windy conditions could cause rapid fire spread in grasses.”
“WHAT...West winds with gusts of 50 to 65 mph possible. WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Montana. WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. The warm and windy conditions could cause rapid fire spread in grasses.”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 65 mph
“WHAT...West winds gusting 50 to 65 mph. WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 8 PM MST this evening. IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Warm and mostly dry conditions could cause rapid fire spread in wildland grasses.”
“WHAT...West to northwest winds gusting 50 to 60 mph. WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Montana. WHEN...Until 8 PM MST this evening. IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...West winds gusting 50 to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. WHEN...From 8 AM to 8 PM MST Tuesday. IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor objects. ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds will be Tuesday late morning into the afternoon.”
“WHAT...West winds with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana. WHEN...From 8 AM to 8 PM MST Tuesday. IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds will be late morning into the afternoon Tuesday.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 75 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds gusting 60 to 75 mph occurring. WHERE...A portion of southeast Montana. WHEN...Until 5 AM MST early this morning. IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor items.”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 75 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds gusting 60 to 75 mph occurring. WHERE...A portion of southeast Montana. WHEN...Until 5 AM MST Thursday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor items.”
“WHAT...West winds gusting 60 to 75 mph expected. WHERE...A portion of southeast Montana. WHEN...Until 5 AM MST Thursday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor items.”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 70 mph
“WHAT...West winds gusting 60 to 70 mph expected. WHERE...A portion of southeast Montana. WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 5 AM MST Thursday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor items.”
“WHAT...West winds gusting 60 to 70 mph expected. WHERE...A portion of southeast Montana. WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 5 AM MST Thursday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor items.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Snow an wind gusts 40 to 60 mph occurring. Additional snow accumulations up to two inches. WHERE...Carter and Fallon. WHEN...Until 11 AM MST this morning. IMPACTS...Expect difficult travel conditions at times. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. Roadways and sidewalks may become slick. The hazardous conditions will impact the morning commute.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...Snow and blowing snow. Total snow accumulations up to two inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 to 55 mph. WHERE...Carter and Fallon. WHEN...Until 11 AM MST Tuesday. IMPACTS...Expect difficult travel conditions at times. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. Roadways and sidewalks may become slick. The hazardous conditions will impact the Tuesday morning commute.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 65 mph
“A Canadian cold front dropping through the area will bring a period of strong northwest winds during the overnight hours. Expect gusts of 50 to 65 mph through 3 am, causing difficult crosswinds for travelers on Interstate 94 and US-12. Rain and snow showers will develop through the night as well. Wind gusts will decrease to 40 to 50 mph later tonight.”
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 101 severe weather events in Carter County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 68 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 3" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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