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Live coverage: #BillingsStorm

A severe thunderstorm struck Billings just before 9 p.m. packing hail, frequent thunder and lightning and wind gusts of up to 73 mph.

Crews responding to multiple outages in and around Billings. Be aware of downed lines. Call 888-467-2669 to report.

by NorthWesternEnergyMT via twitter edited by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 4:27:41 AM
Send your photos with #billingsstorm or email citynews@billingsgazette.com

by billingsgazette via twitter edited by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 4:27:16 AM

3rd & 7 37yd

How am I supposed to get out of billings

by RJSneakz via twitter 9/8/2013 4:33:30 AM
Kathy Sherman

Good thing we already need a new roof because here comes the quarter size hail and wind!

8 September 2013
What the hell?! We go out for dinner and come outside to this! No joke!! Welcome to Montana! 35'' tires and a 2" lift... we can barely clear the water from 30 minutes of storms! #jeep #rubicon #jkjeepsofamerica #montana #billings #liftedjeepslut

by jeeprph74 via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:20 AM
Got us some flash floods in Billings???? intersections have like 3 feet of water... Rocks are all over the roads. ???????? bright side= new college best friends ???????????????????? #flashfloods #billings #raining #thunder #lightening #floods #football #bestfriends #rcm #followme #funtimes @riss_glover Cody loves me????????

by Kyla Reed via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:22 AM
Hail that was by my windshield #billings #storm #bipolarweather

by Courtney Kennedy via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:23 AM
What my commute looks like #rain #flood #flashflood #billings #almostswam #swimming #montana #unpredictable

by Mercy Herbert via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:24 AM
Fucking hail #hail #storm #thunderstorm #fuckthat #damn #loud #billings #montana #406 #ohshit #

by Get Higher via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:26 AM
Lol flash flood. Karma's a ___. As if leaving my passport in SoDak wasn't enough... Here's this. #lol #billings #stranded #badkarma #flashflood

by Addison Maierhauser via Instagram edited by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 4:36:38 AM
I ain't scayrt. #flashfloodwarning #weather #billings #whosyourmeteorologist

by Kyle Heinecke via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:55 AM
The lightning in #billings tonight. Thor must be working on making a grand entrance

by Jaime Solis via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:36:58 AM
And then I walked out to this and I was like NOPE. #montana #thunderstorm #billings #storm #ijustclockedout

by Lissa LaRoche via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:37:02 AM
Parking Garage Waterfall - Billings 9-7-2013

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 4:48:21 AM
Hail that I found in my bedroom! #billings #storm #crazy

by Jade via Instagram 9/8/2013 4:49:37 AM
i almost flooded my engine on rimrock tonight. billings. what the crap?

by Mira Cleveland via twitter 9/8/2013 4:50:16 AM
Live coverage: Strong thunderstorm strikes Billings: bit.ly/18LI65b > Send your photos #billingsstorm

by billingsgazette via twitter 9/8/2013 4:56:22 AM
Crews working to restore power to more than 5K customers in #Billings . Lots of downed lines. No ETR but may be awhile for some of you.

by NorthWesternEnergyMT via twitter edited by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:02:52 AM
I felt like there were stobe lights going off all around me on my way back from billings

by iPaytonian via twitter 9/8/2013 5:03:03 AM
Last picture. Visit billingsgazette.com for more updates on the flooding, damage and power outages. #flashflood http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTnT_S7CMAAujCj.jpg

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 9/8/2013 5:09:11 AM
It takes a lot of water to move rocks this big #alwaysonthejob http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTnRsGDCcAA87eg.jpg

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 9/8/2013 5:09:16 AM
Look at the rocks washed onto 27th by MSUB! #unreal #flashflood vine.co/v/hJY3TIel6bv

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 9/8/2013 5:09:21 AM
Seeing widespread power outages in the West End. Standing water on Grand http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTnIvYDCAAEHU0_.jpg

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 9/8/2013 5:09:24 AM
Seeing fire trucks and police all over. Also saw rocks a foot in diameter washed on to 27th by MsUB http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTnHcEMCQAE-MNX.jpg

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 9/8/2013 5:09:28 AM
Time to break out the shovels for the hail on our driveway! #hailstorm http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTnKKmzCYAAsjr1.jpg

by Casey Page via twitter 9/8/2013 5:09:42 AM
Rain totaled 1.28 inches at the airport

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:26:05 AM
A large rock blocked Zimmerman Trail, and officers closed the road at the top and the bottom. Highway 3, west of Zimmerman Trail, had drifts of hail alongside the road.

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:26:38 AM
The rain that washed off the Rimrocks pushed debris, including mud and rocks, onto North 27th Street near Montana State University Billings. Police were on scene and most of the road was closed to traffic.

High water at the corner of First Avenue North and Main Street caused multiple cars to stall on the road.

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:26:53 AM
All of the underpasses in the downtown area were closed due to flooding, according to the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office.

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:27:11 AM
The Billings Mustangs were playing against the Missoula Osprey at Dehler Park on Saturday night. Just minutes before the storm hit, the game's announcer advised everyone to leave the baseball field and head for their vehicles.

One spectator said he got to his car just as the torrential rains started falling.

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:27:22 AM
[UPDATE] Strong thunderstorm strikes Billings: bit.ly/18LKV6h

by billingsgazette via twitter 9/8/2013 5:29:50 AM
Our house on 8th ave N totally flooded out

by bilrez 9/8/2013 5:35:50 AM
[UPDATE] Strong thunderstorm strikes Billings: bit.ly/18LKV6h #BillingsStorm

by billingsgazette via twitter 9/8/2013 5:40:35 AM
When Billings Central floods, who ya gonna call?? @Weisz2K @nyby22

by JBarndt21 via twitter 9/8/2013 5:40:38 AM
Did the aliens send wrath down to Billings, MT today or what?! Sounds like a shoot show went on.. #praying #for #safety #love #the #406

by Cole Lorenz via twitter 9/8/2013 5:41:07 AM
Hey Billings, hope you all are safe and/or not flooding.

by Michael Stenberg via twitter 9/8/2013 5:41:18 AM
Surprisingly, yesterday's 1.31 in. of rain (in about 45 mins) wasn't a record. That'd be 1.51 in. from 1941 #billingsstorm

by Zach Benoit via twitter 9/8/2013 3:51:17 PM
Surprisingly, yesterday's 1.31 in. of rain (in about 45 mins) wasn't a record. That'd be 1.53 in. from 1941 #billingsstorm

by Zach Benoit via twitter 9/8/2013 3:55:12 PM
Thunder storm billings mt 9/7/13

by Billings Gazette 9/8/2013 5:05:30 PM