“It’s great,” he said. “It makes my day that no one was hurt.”

Despite no injuries caused by the winds and storm, the weather did cause significant widespread damage across the county, the sheriff said.

“Near Highway 175 east of Stratford over by the Boone River, there were several machine sheds on properties destroyed,” Timmons said. “Houses with damaged roofs and broken windows. Some livestock that got out, but most of those have been captured.”

In Hamilton County, the storm damage was not isolated to any particular area of the county, Timmons said.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Kelby Wingert A building at a hog confinement in the 1400 block of 350th Street near Stratford had collapsed and sustained significant damage during Wednesday's wind storm.

“It was hit and miss,” he said. “There’s some in the northern part of the county and on the northwest part of the county.”

A hog confinement in the 1400 block of 350th Street east of Stratford saw one of its buildings collapse. Timmons said teams were working to free the hogs trapped inside the damaged building on Thursday.

At the county line between Hamilton and Webster Counties, there’s about a mile and a half to two miles of utility poles that are “leveled and laying on the ground.”

On old Highway 20, the road was closed west of Duncombe at Vincent Avenue, all the way east to the junction with Highway 17 due to the several power lines and utility poles downed around Duncombe.

According to the Duncombe city Facebook page, due to the number of utility poles that are down, it may be “a couple days” until electricity is restored to Duncombe.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Kelby Wingert Utility poles along 350th Street in Hamilton County were leaning heavily on Thursday afternoon following Wednesday's strong wind gusts and storm.

“A generator is being brought in to provide power to the town,” the page posted on Thursday evening. “There may be restrictions on usage as the town relies on generator power.”

MidAmerican Energy Co. provided a phone charging station outside Duncombe City Hall for the afternoon on Thursday.

Timmons lauded the team effort given by the county’s first responders, law enforcement, dispatch and emergency management in handling this storm and its aftermath.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Kelby Wingert A barn outside of Stratford lays in pieces after being destroyed by high winds on Wednesday.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Kelby Wingert A grain bin was destroyed near Stratford during Wednesday's storm with exceptionally strong winds.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Kelby Wingert An electric worker with Prairie Energy Cooperative works on some damaged power lines near the overpass of Highway 17 and U.S. Highway 20 on Thursday afternoon.