(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office this (Tuesday) morning, said there are several reports of trees and power lines down throughout the County and in many cities. There is also centralized flooding in many areas. This is sure to cause potentially hazardous situations. Give yourself extra travel time if you must travel and be safe!!

KJAN listener Joe Lybarger sent us this picture of tree and power lines down on W 10th between Palm and Hazel, in Atlantic.

Other storm reports include:

• Power lines down on the northeast side of Audubon at 1:39 a.m. today, along with several tree branches down in the city limits. A personal weather station recorded a 64 mph wind gust in Audubon around 1:38 a.m.; Rainfall was in excess of 3.5″, with some homes sustaining basement flooding.
• A funnel cloud was reported by the public southwest of Harlan near 900^th and Juniper Road at 12:52 a.m. There were reports of two inch hail north of Harlan and one inch hail northeast of Harlan Monday evening.
• One inch hail was reported by a trained spotter north of Minden at 12:50 a.m.
• 1.75 inch hail was reported north of Council Bluffs at 6:06 a.m.
• At 6:38 a.m., 160^th Street in the Springbrook State Park area in Guthrie County was closed due to water over the road. There were also washed out gravel roads and road closures due to water over the road.
• At 7:30 a.m. Responders were called to Lewis and the Lewis curve for trees and power lines down.
• At 7:45 a.m. 7th and Walnut in Atlantic Impassable due to heavy rain and water in the road
• At 7:59 a.m., 79 mph wind gust measured by personal weather station northwest of Fontanelle.
• At 8:30 a.m., 70 mph wind gust reported by Emergency Manager south of Stuart.
• At 8:35 a.m. it was reported that there was no power north of Exira, rural areas by Highway 44, on Guthrie REC

Other photos of water over the road in downtown Atlantic just before 8-a.m. today