Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and large hail in the afternoon. Highs 80 to 85. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph...shifting to the southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds...large hail and heavy rainfall. Lows 50 to 55. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph...decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 75 to 80. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows 50 to 55. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph... shifting to the west up to 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and afternoon thunderstorms. Highs 65 to 70. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Local Storm Report
07/04/2009 0500 PM
16 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County.
Hail e1.25 inch, reported by trained spotter.
Spotter estimates crop damage at about 300 acres of winter wheat.
07/04/2009 0505 PM
17 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter.
Damaging winds accompanied hail. It lifted the cap - which was bolted down - off a grain bin. The vent cap was torn off a workshop. It also caused crop damage - a neighbor just to the north lost 80-90 percent of their winter wheat crop.
07/04/2009 0505 PM
17 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County.
Hail e1.25 inch, reported by trained spotter.
Numerous hailstones up to 1 1/4 inch in diameter - half dollar sized - mostly covered the ground. Hail fell from around 5 PM to 505 PM.
07/04/2009 0530 PM
17 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County.
Heavy rain m1.35 inch, reported by trained spotter.
Heavy rainfall occurred from around 5 PM to 6 PM MDT.