Yes, it’s the middle of April, but Missoulians were transported back to winter on Wednesday, as two spring snow systems collided over the Missoula Valley.
For those of you who caught Aaron Flint's interview with Bonnie Simon from KATQ radio in Plentywood on "Montana Talks"- she mentioned that one Plentywood family lost their entire house in the storm. A fundraiser has now been started to help the family.
I spoke with Ruth Ebert from NWS in Glasgow Tuesday morning. She said they received reports of 86 MPH winds in the area, an inch and a half of rain, and hail as big as 1.75 inches.
City and county emergency services are prepared for possible thunderstorms and high winds which are forecast to hit western Montana Friday evening. As rain starts to dribble down the KGVO window, the National Weather Service is already predicting damaging winds and isolated thunderstorms.