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Thunderstorm winds damage cattle barns in Audubon County

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May 31st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Audubon, Iowa) – Severe thunderstorms with high winds caused damage to cattle barns Monday evening, in Audubon County. The National Weather Service says the damage happened about 2-miles east-southeast of Audubon, a little before 5-p.m.  No one was hurt, and no animals were harmed. Thunderstorms passing through the area were packing winds of 60-to 70-miles per hour.

The Weather Service says an automated weather observation device 2-miles east of Harlan, recorded a non-thunderstorm 58-mph gust of wind, at around 5:45-p.m.