STRONG THUNDERSTOREMS CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS
Heavy thunderstorms last night and this morning brought damaging winds to the area, including LeMars.
These are trees damaged at the Plymouth County Courthouse:
These limbs came down along the 100 block of 2nd Ave NW:
These pictures were taken near Cleveland Park:
Storm reports from last night included large tree branches down in Merrill around 11-46 p.m. A thunderstorm wind gust of 62 miles per hour was recorded at the Le Mars Municipal airport around 11-55 p.m. Lots of tree damage
was also reported in the city. Power was knocked to northwest LeMars for a time.
At Midnight, a storm hit Kingsley, in southeast Plymouth County, causing trees and power lines to go down.
Similar wind and damage reports are coming from Lawton, Quiimby, Marcus, and Meriden in Woodbury and Cherokee Counties.
At 5-49 this morning, a 57 mile per hour wind gust and 3/4 inch hail was reported near Sioux Center in Sioux County.
Rainfall amounts overnight included:
Le Mars (KLEM) 2.40
Orange City 1.2 SSE 1.27
Le Mars 1.0 E 1.20
OrangeCity 0.4 NNE 1.00
Storm Lake 3.1 S 1.00
Ireton 5.5 N 0.98
Orange City 0.3 0.97
Cherokee 5.1 S 0.60
Westfield 6.1 SE 0.59
Larchwood 1.2 NNE 0.32
