(Omaha, NE) – The National Weather Service in Omaha reports hail the size of baseballs or larger pummeled parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, Wednesday evening. In western Iowa, golfball-size hail ( 1 3/4″ in diameter) fell at around 6:50-p.m. along the Interstate 29 corridor in Monona County, about three-miles west of Whiting, and covered the roadway. Other reports include:

• 3.5″+ hail 3-miles W. of Onawa at around 7:30-p.m. (Harrison County)
• 1.75″ hail 4 miles NW of Little Sioux at around 8:10-p.m. (Harrison County)
• Winds in excess of 65 mph & 3″ diameter hail fell 1 mile NW of Little Sioux at around 8:30-p.m.
• Hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls fell between 8 and 8:20-p.m. near Little Sioux
• and tennis ball (2.5″) size hail was reported southwest of Council Bluffs at around 9:15-p.m.

Hundreds of people in eastern Nebraska and parts of western Iowa also lost power during the storms.