Thunderstorms in Greene and Dallas Counties produced rainfall and hail on Wednesday.

Raccoon Valley Radio’s Severe Weather Action Team was activated Wednesday evening a little after 6:15pm as a thunderstorm warning was issued from the National Weather Service for northeastern Greene County with radar indicated hazards including 60 mph winds and quarter size hail. The warning  expired at 6:34pm. 

Following that, the National Weather Service issued another severe thunderstorm warning for northern Dallas County at 6:40pm. According to the Minburn Fire Department, there were reports of pea to dime sized hail, one and a half miles southwest of Minburn and also brought some rain. The Dallas Center Fire Department reported pea size hail in Dallas Center. The warning expired at 8pm. 

Later that night, the National Weather Service also issued a thunderstorm warning for Greene County and northwestern Guthrie County at 9:37pm and expired at 10pm. Greene County Sheriff Jack Williams said there was quarter sized hail, 40 miles per hour winds and heavy rainfall four miles north of Jefferson and southeast of Jefferson.

There were five Raccoon Valley Radio employees, along with Weatherology, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office and the Minburn and Dallas Center Fire Departments were apart of the coverage. Raccoon Valley Radio’s Severe Weather Action Team provides live coverage of severe thunderstorm or tornado warnings for Dallas, Greene and Guthrie counties  until the storms move out of the coverage area or drop below severe levels.