Butch and Janice Martin’s home on 300th Avenue northeast of Palmer was nearly leveled, according to storm damage photos.

According to Jessica Paulson, dispatch supervisor for Pocahontas County, there were no injuries reported Tuesday night. She said the tornadoes did not hit any town, but there was “severe damage” out in the rural areas of the county.

The storm — and tornado — made its way northeast into Humboldt County, with the tornado spending a significant amount of time on the ground near Gilmore City.

According to reports by National Weather Service storm spotters, a tornado was located four miles southwest of Pioneer around 6:15 p.m. By 6:29 p.m., it was four miles southwest of Gilmore City and appeared to be moving east along Iowa Highway 3.

-Photo courtesy of Angela Bean Dobbins
Don and Janice Martin's home on 300th Avenue northeast of Palmer was destroyed by the tornado on Tuesday evening. No injuries were reported.

Hail was reported near John F. Kennedy Memorial Park north of Fort Dodge.

NWS storm spotters also reported hail near Algona, Bode, Fonda, Pocahontas, Lytton. Baseball-sized hail was reported near Gilmore City.

Pam Smelser lives off of U.S. Highway 169 near the county line between Humboldt and Webster counties and saw the storm blow in with rain, increased winds and marble-to-quarter-sized hail.

“Brought back bad memories of the storm in 2017 where we needed a new roof and south siding due to the hail,” she said.

Officials from Humboldt County were not available for comment Tuesday night.

-Photo courtesy of Tiffany Lane
Gilmore City resident Tiffany Lane reported baseball-sized hail on Tuesday evening.

MidAmerican Energy Co. reported a series of storm-related outages. As of 9 p.m. on Tuesday, there were 589 customers without power in the north central Iowa region, including 467 in Bode in Humboldt County.

A second wave of storms passed through north central Iowa just hours after the first storm.

-Photo courtesy of Pocahontas Police Department on Twitter
Hail litters the ground near N41 and C49 in Pocahontas County. The hail was reported as pea- to quarter-sized.