(Area) Storms carrying high winds, half-inch to one-inch hail, and 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts swept through parts of west-central Iowa this morning.
The National Weather Service received multiple reports of wind damage. The public reported a 70-mile-per-hour wind gust causing a 12-inch diameter tree branch to crash through a window in Soldier. A 66-mile-per-hour wind gust was reported two-miles northwest of Carroll, a 79-mile-per-hour wind gust southwest of Glidden, and a 69-mile-per-hour wind gust reported southwest of Denison, along with multiple reports of trees down in Denison.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 8:00 a.m. for Adair, Cass, Audubon, Crawford, and Dallas counties.
