Several areas of Cass County received hail Friday night into early Saturday morning. The hail ranged in size from dimes to larger than golf balls. In Atlantic, hail fell at the KJAN Studios at around 11:30-p.m. Power was lost in the Massena area and south for a brief time. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department said Deputies noticed utility crews out and about during and after the storm.

The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency posted pictures of the hail on their Facebook page. The National Weather Service in Des Moines began posting Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for parts of Union and Madison Counties at around 10-p.m.

Crop damage in Montgomery County (Via the Montgomery EMA’s Facebook page)

The storm cells began to back fill and pop-up to the west, into Cass, Adams, Mills, Montgomery and Pottawattamie Counties, and then pushed eastward at speeds of 30-to 40-mph.

Montgomery County EMA photo

The National Weather Service in Des Moines and Valley Nebraska, shared social media images of three-inch diameter hail that fell in Lorimor in Union County at around 10:40-p.m., Friday. Irregular hail up to four-inches in diameter fell in and around Bridgewater. Golf-ball size hail was reported near Orient in Adair County, at around 10:05-p.m.

NWS social media shared post of hail near Lorimor

Other reports include:

• At around 11:35-p.m., hail as large as tennis balls (2.5″ diameter) fell near Carson, in Pottawattamie County.
• Ping-pong to golf ball sized hail was reported 4 miles west of Grant, in Montgomery County, with some hail stones larger than golf balls.
• 1 3/4″ hail fell in Oakland.
• Thunderstorm wind damage in Templeton (Carroll County), where  a large tree fell on a house and garage, several power lines fell, and a flag pole was knocked over. Some of the fallen trees had limbs ranging from two-to-six inches in diameter.
• Near Manilla, a tree fell and blocked Highway 141 for a time, east of Highway 59.
  

  Hail that fell near Oakland and Carson (NWS/Omaha photo)

• In Sac County, numerous 3-to-6 inch diameter trees fell down across Schaller, and a 12-inch diameter tree was snapped off and just missed a home. Dime to quarter-size hail was also reported.
• 60 mph winds were recorded at a personal weather station six-miles southwest of Gray, in Audubon County.
• 62 mph winds were noted by a person with a personal weather station2-miles south of Willey, in Carroll County.