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April Showers?

High Winds Uproot Trees in Whitefish

By Kellyn Brown, 4-29-09

 
It must be spring in Montana. On April 21, the sun was shining and in parts of the Flathead Valley the thermometer reached 80 degrees. Exactly a week later, a storm rolled in, heavy snow knocked out power, four feet of snow fell in some areas and high winds uprooted trees.

A reader sent in this photo of a fallen tree south of Whitefish – thanks, Tami!

The forecast does call for warmer weather by this weekend.
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