(Radio Iowa) - More severe weather stormed across Iowa on Tuesday night, bringing high winds, heavy rain and large hail.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Lee says there were perhaps 30 sightings of funnel clouds statewide and at least three of them touched down to become tornadoes, though they did little damage.
The storms also brought multiple hail reports, including some stones the size of baseballs near Winterset, while the Council Bluffs area was blasted by wind gusts of around 90 miles an hour. Prior to last night's storms, Lee says Iowa had 86 tornadoes so far this year, with 44 in April and 42 during May. The average in a year is about 50.