Photos: Wind storm sweeps through Missoula
A wind storm on Wednesday morning toppled trees across streets in central Missoula as a National Weather Service sensor recorded gusts of 125 mph on Mount Sentinel.
Leonardo "Johnny" Munoz, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, cuts branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street on Wednesday morning. The three-man crew responded to numerous reports of fallen trees across the city after a wind storm blew through town, with gusts reaching 125 mph on Mount Sentinel.
Bailey Marvin looks at his car, which was crushed by a fallen tree out front his house on the corner of Lester and Livingston on Wednesday.
Leonardo "Johnny" Munoz, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, begins chopping branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street.
Leonardo "Johnny" Munoz, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, begins chopping branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street.
Christopher Gray, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, checks out a fallen tree across Lester Street.
Christopher Gray, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, chops branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street.
Ken Brickzin, an employee of Northwestern Energy, pulls disconnected and downed wire from a fallen tree across Lester Street.
Bailey Marvin's Toyota RAV4 sustained heavy damage from a wind storm that swept through Missoula on Wednesday.
Leonardo "Johnny" Munoz, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, begins chopping branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street.
AJ Glueckert adjusts the angle on his pole saw after removing branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street.
Leonardo "Johnny" Munoz, an employee of the Urban Forestry Division of Missoula Parks and Rec, begins chopping branches from a fallen tree on Lester Street.
Bailey Marvin's Toyota RAV4 sustained heavy damage from a wind storm that swept through Missoula on Wednesday.
A blue spruce tree blown down by the wind storm Wednesday lies across the sidewalk and out into Gerald Avenue at the University of Montana president's house.
Missoula city firefighter Casey Scott walks around a spruce tree that blew down onto South Higgins Avenue on Wednesday.
Ben Carson, grounds supervisor for the University of Montana, cuts up a blue spruce that was blown down in the windstorm at the UM president's house on Wednesday.
A spruce tree blown down by the windstorm lies across the alley between McLeod and University avenues on Wednesday.
Crews from the University of Montana and the City of Missoula cut up a white spruce tree in front of the UM president's house on Wednesday. The tree was in danger of uprooting and falling over during the windstorm, and a UM front end loader was used to knock it down.
A wind storm toppled trees Wednesday, slowing traffic and causing power outages throughout Missoula and across the state.