Strong thunderstorms across Montana has left traces of crops and damage to buildings and downed trees and power outages.
Thursday's storm from the most severe damage may occur in heavy county, gusts up to 89 mph devastated wheat and barley crops may have been harvested next week, Montana Grain Growers vice president Matt Flikkema said.
"I've never seen the extent of damage of crops, we have here in the valley," Flikkema said Friday. "There is very little of the area will be harvested crops.
Flikkema said damage could be close to $ 50 million, 5,000 acres of potatoes even without considering what happened.
Seeds for food crops, which means next year there may be a shortage of seed plants, he said.
Storm began in southwestern Montana gusts to 104 miles, was recorded Bora, Northwest Dillon, families and some trees cause significant damage, the National Weather Service reports.
Polaris Betty Barnes said she lost a few trees, including a large drop in close to her driveway.
"I said to myself, 'Well, thank God, firewood and protect my house," Barnes said Montana standards.
Twin Bridges, the strong winds and tornadoes can cause serious damage, uprooted trees, and close at least one building's roof blown.
Meteorological service representatives are expected to visit Shuangqiaoshan last Friday to determine whether a tornado landed, said Steve DiGiovanna Madison County Disaster and Emergency Services.
Some fallen trees damaged historic buildings, including the museum's roof was ripped off outside a veterinary clinic Shuangqiaoshan. He said the airport hangar was destroyed, travel trailers crushed by falling trees, and in the Madison County Fairgrounds grandstand flipped and destroyed.
Bridging Mayor Tom Hyndman said, the wind also large spruce trees have been uprooted, Christmas decorations every year for the town stroll.
Belgrade and northern Bozeman fell across the board, golf ball sized hail weather services.
NWS meteorologist Todd Chambers said, the storm began in the southwest part of the state Thursday afternoon and move eastward, causing damage as far away as 比林斯比林斯.
This time of year, "long life, long path" storm was unusual, he said.
In eastern Montana, a funnel cloud report Acton, near the northwest Billings, of which at least four mobile homes were destroyed, and at least three distinct lines gusts up to 90 miles damaged.
Billings Gazette reports wind picked up two trailers in a trailer park, they were thrown into the adjacent trailer.
Duane Cowdin lost his garage storm, he said, scattered debris "from hell to breakfast."
Cowdin said the neighbor's horse spooked storm, tangled in barbed wire, must go, because it's leg was severely damaged.
There is a tornado Broadview unconfirmed report, "Chambers said.
Golf ball sized hail was reported at Billings part, as well. Upper West Side after a tree struck by lightning fire.
Out of the power of the storm along its path and crew are still working to restore service on Friday morning.
The second group of storm moving through Helena. More than one inch of rain fell from a cluster through an area near the city of Chouteau County, eastern, northeastern mobile, weather service said.
 



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