In the span of two hours Tuesday night, Watertown Fire Rescue responded to seven calls for service. The calls, which came in on Aug. 5, were generated from a powerful storm system that had moved through the area with confirmed wind gust of 99 mph at the Watertown Regional Airport , a release stated.

Most calls were related to power lines down or trees in power lines.

Crews were called to 4403 SD Highway 20 for power lines down on a house. On the scene, fire crews found several trees down on a power line, causing it to break in multiple places, and the line was lying over the house, the release stated. The residents inside the house were contacted via phone and they advised the WFR they were okay, and no one was hurt, the release stated. Watertown Municipal Utilities were called to as

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