Severe storms that began to brew in eastern Nebraska blew into western Iowa Tuesday evening, quickly turning the skies dark. The storms brought winds of up to 70-miles per hour to parts of Carroll and Shelby Counties, and golf ball sized hail in the Crawford County town of Manilla. The National Weather Service says heavy tree damage was reported in Council Bluffs. Damage to a house and barn was reported to have occurred near Underwood at around 6:55-p.m., in the 23,000 block of Magnolia, where rotation was observed in the clouds.

The Iowa State Patrol reports high winds knocked over tractor-trailers on Interstate 29 last night. In Missouri Valley, the fire department lost power during the storm. The community had several downed power lines, with some fires sparked by lightning. Mid-American Energy reported this morning, that nearly 6,600 customers across the state had no power…near 6,100 of those were in Ft. Dodge.  In the Webster County town of Dayton, a tree fell on a home, but no injuries were reported.

An outbuilding was reported to have been damaged by thunderstorm winds in Shelby at around 7:20-p.m. And, a large tree was uprooted four-miles west of Shelby at around 7:25-p.m.

About 5-minutes later, a 60-mile per hour gust of wind was recorded at the automated weather station located at the Harlan Airport. Earlier, several large tree branches fell in Missouri Valley and in Council Bluffs, causing power lines to fall in some locations.

The Crawford County Emergency Manager reported golf ball-size hail fell in Manilla, at around 7:45-p.m., and about three-miles east/southeast of Buck Grove, in Crawford County, winds reached up to 70-miles per hour. A better view of the damage and an assessment from the National Weather Service, is expected as the day progresses.

(some information in this story was provided by the Associated Press)