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Severe thunderstorm reports from 7/7-7/8/2025

Weather

July 7th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

Here are some storm reports from the National Weather Service, with regard to the storms that moved through western Iowa overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning. Thunderstorm warnings were issued for Cass, along with parts of Adams and Adair Counties, at 11:20-p.m. Winds gusting to just under 60-mph were recorded at the Automated Weather Observation Site (AWOS) at the airport in Atlantic, at 11:15-p.m.

Power outages were reported in Griswold late Monday night. Thousands were without power early Tuesday morning in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area. As of 3:25-a.m., the Iowa REC reported 6 outages in parts of Pottawattamie, Cass and Adams Counties. Mid-American Energy reported over 500 of its customers in central Iowa were without electricity early Tuesday morning, as well.

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..
1210 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 W Lenox               40.89N 94.61W
07/08/2025  M60 MPH          Taylor             IA   Public (PWS)

1132 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     5 NNE Villisca          41.01N 94.95W
07/07/2025  M61 MPH          Montgomery         IA   Public (PWS)
1124 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 SE Griswold 41.20N 95.06W 07/07/2025 M58 MPH Cass IA Public 
(Personal Weather Station)
1050 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 NNE Emerson 41.07N 95.38W 07/07/2025 M56 MPH Mills IA Mesonet
1015 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     5 SW Mcclelland         41.28N 95.75W
07/07/2025  M60 MPH          Pottawattamie      IA   Mesonet

1012 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Council Bluffs          41.24N 95.86W
07/07/2025                   Pottawattamie      IA   Public
            Large Branches down.