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Winds topple signs, trees, trucks across north central Montana

Posted: Jan 29, 2012 5:50 PM by David Sherman (Great Falls)
Updated: Jan 30, 2012 11:57 AM


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Powerful winds are again raking across north central Montana, and we have received several reports of minor wind damage and power outages.

These pictures are from Amanda Kennerly in Browning, where gusts toppled a motel sign; Maggie Gilham, who reports that part of her trailer blew off; Tawni Shanks says a snapped tree caused some roof and gutter damage; Krystal Lozing shared a picture of the downed Taco John's sign in Cut Bank; Gail Ledbetter's photo shows a tree down on a car in Stanford; and Adam Kanning shared a picture of a tipped container from a truck near Shelby.

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Sara Sneigoski says that while driving from Billings to Great Falls, she saw a semi and a truck hauling a horse trailer blown completely upside down near Windham. The picture of the semi tipped over near Windham was shared with us by Kayleen.

We have also received reports of power outages affecting some areas, including Stockett.

Meteorologist Mike Rawlins says that gusts of 60 miles per hour have been reported in Great Falls, and that along some of the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountain Front, peak gusts of more than 100 mph have been recorded.

If you have wind damage pictures to share, you can upload them to the KRTV Photo Gallery or email them to us at krtvnews@gmail.com.

We will keep you updated.

NOTE: Deep Creek is located off of Deep Creek Road, which is off of Hughes Trail, which is off Heart Butte Cut Off, which is off of Highway 2. (South East of Glacier Park)

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