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"We don't have any reports of injuries," Kenny Podrazik, a meteorologist with the Weather Service, said Wednesday morning.
Reports of property damage are coming in from areas all along the path of the storms. "We will know a lot more about the extent of the damage this afternoon," Podrazik said.
Multiple tornadoes were reported by law enforcement and other storm spotters, including an employee of the National Weather Service, who was following the storm on his own time.
Tornadoes dropped down in separate systems close to each other on occasion. One tornado was reported west of Cromwell at 6:17 p.m., while another one was reported three miles east of Cromwell at the same time.
Hail was reported at many locations across Iowa, some of it the size of golf balls.
One of the strongest wind measurements — 62 miles per hour -- was made at Carroll at 5:38 p.m.
The Weather Service has posted times and locations of tornadoes and funnel clouds as reported during the storms:
5 p.m. -- Two miles east of Missouri Valley in Harrison County, tornado.
5:45 p.m. -- Bridgewater, Adair County, tornado.
5:58 p.m. -- Three miles northwest of Greenfield, Adair County, tornado.
6:11 p.m. -- Creston, Union County, funnel cloud.
6:15 p.m. -- One mile east of Creston, Union County, tornado.
6:16 p.m. -- One mile southwest of Creston in Union County, tornado.
6:16 p.m. -- Three miles northeast of Creston Airport in Union County, tornado.
6:17 p.m. -- West of Cromwell, Union County, tornado.
6:17 p.m. -- Three miles east of Cromwell in Union County, tornado.
6:18 p.m. -- Two miles southwest of Creston in Union County, tornado.
6:18 p.m. -- Three miles northeast of Creston, Union County, tornado.
6:20 p.m. -- Anita in Cass County, funnel cloud.
6:23 p.m. -- 7 miles northwest of Winterset in Madison County, tornado.
6:24 p.m. -- Six miles north northwest of Winterset in Madison County, tornado.
6:28 p.m. -- Six miles north of Winterset in Madison County, tornado.
6:36 p.m. -- Four miles west northwest of Lorimor in Union County, funnel cloud.
6:37 p.m. -- Six miles south southeast of De Soto in Madison County, tornado.
6:54 p.m. -- Five miles west of Norwalk in Warren County, funnel cloud.
6:57 p.m. -- Norwalk, Warren County, funnel cloud.
7 p.m. -- Four miles south of Des Moines in Warren County, funnel cloud.
7:14 p.m. -- Five miles west of Winterset in Madison County, tornado.
7:18 p.m. -- Five miles north northwest of Des Moines in Polk County, funnel cloud.
7:45 p.m. -- Martensdale in Warren County, funnel cloud.
Sources: http://www.desmoinesregister.com
