Update at 9:15 p.m.:

A tornado was seen west of the Billings Logan Inter nation Airport just before 9 p.m. and tornado sirens are sounding in the Heights.

"At 8:59 p.m. trained spotters reported a tornado 4 miles west of the Billings Airport along Highway 3 moving northwest at 30 mph.," the National Weather Service reported. "This tornado has reported damage 9 miles southwest of Molt."

Emergency dispatchers have reported that a tornado touched down outside Laurel at about 8:40 p.m.

Roger Haugrud Jr. was at his father's house five miles east of Molt, and it has just begun hailing there at 8:50 p.m. "I just heard a thump on the roof," he said.

But the "big wall cloud" full of rain was skirting south of their property, moving east quickly, he said. "It's going to be real nasty," he said.

It's been a stormy night for southeastern Montana. A funnel cloud was spotted north of Columbus near Rapelje Road in Stillwater County shortly before 8 p.m. along with 2-inch hail stones.

Another funnel cloud was spotted southeast of Molt at 8:13 p.m. and another six mile east of Big Timber at 8:08. No damage or touchdown has been reported.