(Western Iowa News) – Weather radios blared a severe thunderstorm warning at 1:09-a.m., Monday, for a storm cell approaching northern Cass, Adair, Audubon and part of Guthrie County. That was just the start of what would turn out to be a busy morning for severe weather in western and southwest Iowa. Storms fired-up a couple of hours later in the western counties of the KJAN listening area, and made their way into southern/west central parts of the state, essentially along and just north of Interstate 80, and south of the Interstate.

The National Weather Service in Valley, NE (Omaha) and Johnston, IA (Des Moines), were fielding storm reports all morning , Monday. Those reports came in from trained storm spotters, county Emergency Management officials, and the general public. You can view the latest reports from the Des Moines Weather Service Office HERE, or the Omaha Office HERE.

We’ve compiled a list of storm reports for western/southwest Iowa on the kjan.com weather page. Here’s a synopsis of those reports from the latest to the earliest….

8:40-a.m., 1.25″ hail (Half-dollar size) in Malvern (reported by a storm spotter)

8:38-a.m., 1 inch (Quarter-size) diameter hail reported in Malvern (Mills County), by a trained storm spotter.

8:35-a.m., The public reported Ping-pong ball size (1.5″) hail in Malvern.

6:44-a.m., 1 inch diameter hail reported in Mount Ayr (Ringgold County), by Emergency Mgmt.

5:59-a.m., Nickel-size hail (.88′) 3 miles w/sw of Fontanelle (Adair County); Highway 92 from Gibbon Ave to Delta Ave. completely covered with up to nickel sized hail.

5:27-a.m., 1″ diameter hail reported in Woodbine (Harrison County)

5:10-a.m., Penny-size hail (.75″) 5 miles east of Irwin (Shelby County)

5:08-a.m., Nickel-size hail lasted for 10-minutes in Audubon. (Audubon County)

1:18-a.m., .75″  hail (penny-size) 1 mile w/sw of Stuart (Adair County)