STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BLEW THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS OVER 90 MILES AN HOUR AND TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT TOOK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
ORANGE CITY RECORDED 92 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AROUND 9:30 PM THAT DAMAGED PROPERTY INCLUDING WINDMILL PARK WHERE TREES WERE TOPPLED.
AS OF 10:15PM, THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF ADVISED NO TRAVEL IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
HIGHWAY 59 THROUGH PRIMGHAR WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF DOWNED TREES ON THE ROAD.
A 99 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST WAS RECORDED BY A WEATHER STATION IN SIOUX CENTER.
THERE WAS A TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN UNION COUNTY AT 9PM AND ONE FOR SIOUX COUNTY AT 9:35.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY AT ONE POINT REPORTED AROUND 7000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER INCLUDING 1500 IN SHELDON AND 700 IN CHEROKEE.
TREES AND POWER LINES CAME DOWN IN NORTHERN UNION COUNTY NEAR BERESFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA.
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