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