A large and violent tornado hit an area south of Oklahoma City on Monday, causing at least two deaths and reducing at least three homes to splinters, authorities said.
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Johnston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Stacey Pulley says a man died Monday near the town of Connerville.
The National Weather Service says a tornado has touched down in central Iowa.
At least one home was destroyed near Wynnewood, but there are no injuries reported.
According to KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, 5-10 homes were destroyed in a 2-mile stretch in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
KWTV Storm Trackers spotted the tornado forming multiple vortexes as it made its way across the county. Damage has also been reported in the community of Hickory.
Dave Fobert, with the National Weather Service in Omaha, confirmed the tornado touched down briefly and the storm system still has the potential to produce more twisters.
A thunderstorm that produced a few brief tornadoes continues to move through Pottawatomie County south and east of the Oklahoma City metro. The area is largely rural, but a number of small towns dot the landscape.
A second, even larger tornado, then formed to the northwest of Sulphur, Oklahoma. A roof lay near a hay barn after the first tornado reports from near Wynnewood along Interstate 35.
The Storm Prediction Centre in Norman, Oklahoma, warned that twisters as far north as Nebraska and Iowa could develop.
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Meteorologists previously said twisters with wind speeds above 111 miles per hour were possible from eastern Oklahoma to central Arkansas. Hail 2in or more in diameter was possible from eastern Texas to south-eastern Kansas.
