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Monday morning storms dump buckets of rain on southwest IA, and cause damage

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July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Lightning, heavy rain and winds caused problems throughout southwest Iowa early this (Monday) morning. Anywhere from three-to six-inches of rain fell from Villisca to Clarinda, causing street flooding in the low lying areas of both communities.

Photos from the Montgomery County EMA's Facebook page.

Photos from the Montgomery County EMA’s Facebook page.

Villisca1Lightning also sparked a house fire in Clarinda just before the rain and wind blew in. Powerlines fell, knocking out power to residences, as well. Trees also fell during the thunderstorm event.

In Adams County, winds damaged an area from 183rd and Hickory in Quincy, to Lake Icaria. Numerous trees were down and two campers were flipped over at the Lake Icaria Campgrounds. The event that caused the damage began at around 12:45-a.m.

Bedford has golf ball-sized hail early Monday morning, and 5/2-inches of rain. Corning reported 3.1-inches of rain. In Union County, Creston had a little more than 2.8-inches of rain overnight, while Red Oak had nearly 3.4-inches. New Market, in Taylor County, had more than 3.75-inches of rain.

You can check out the other rainfall reports on the kjan.com Weather page. There were no reports of injuries.