High winds, unconfirmed tornadoes, hail and heavy rain wreaked havoc on parts of western and central Iowa, Friday. The National Weather Service says winds in excess of 60-miles per hour caused damage in parts of Cass County.

At around 4:25-p.m., thunderstorm wind damage was reported to outbuildings, 3-miles south/southwest of Marne, Five-minutes later, a 61-mile per hour wind was recorded by an automated weather system, two-miles west/northwest of Atlantic. At around 4:30-p.m., a camper was reported blown over 4-miles southeast of Brayton. There were also media reports of damage to outbuildings and a barn located between Highway 173 and 71, and substantial damage to 5^th wheel RV trailers just north of I-80 and the Olive Street exit.

Prior to the line of storms entering Cass County, they fired-up to our southwest. At around 3:15-p.m., one-half inch diameter (marble size) hail was reported near Shelby…nickel-size hail fell in Avoca at around 3:22-p.m….Walnut size (1.5” diameter) hail fell just southeast of Oakland at around 3:53-p.m.  Golf ball size hail (1.75” dia.) was reported near Henderson and Oakland at a little after 4-p.m., with egg-size hail reported to have fallen 5-miles east of Henderson. Some video footage seen on social media indicated there may have been weak tornadoes in parts of northern Cass County Friday afternoon, but that has not yet been confirmed by the Weather Service.

Quarter-size hail fell in Walnut at around 4:15-p.m. Golf ball size hail fell near Essex at around 6:40-p.m., and penny-size hail was reported near Villisca, about 5-minutes later. Nickel-size hail was reported at around 3:50-p.m., in Denison. Guthrie Center received quarter-size hail at around 6:25-p.m. Dime-to quarter-size hail was reported between Gravity and Sharpsburg, in Taylor County, from 7:40-to 7:55-p.m.

South of Creston, winds gusted to a little more than 50-miles per hour, as the storms were moving northeast and out of the listening area, at around 8:15-p.m. Across Iowa, a home was damaged in Hubbard, a semi was blown over on I-35 near Roland, power lines were down in Story City, hail covered the ground in Churdan, multiple buildings were damaged, and large campers were flipped over in Jefferson, and hail caused broken windows in/near Scranton.