The National Weather
Service said a tornado touched down in central Iowa and another hit near
Nehawka, Nebraska; at least two people have been killed after a series of
tornadoes destroyed homes and overturned vehicles across Oklahoma.
The forecasters declared a
"tornado emergency" for communities in the path of one of the
twisters, warning residents in the tiny towns of Roff and Hickory that flying
debris would be deadly outside shelters.
Garvin County officials
said a man in his late 70s died when a tornado hit a home near Wynnewood, south
of Oklahoma City.
In Johnston County, the
sheriff's office said a man was killed by another tornado near Connerville.
Footage of a small twister
showed it barrelling its way through a sparsely populated rural area, bringing
hail stones the size of tennis balls.
The Oklahoma Office of
Emergency Management reported storms destroyed a radio station building in Coal
County and several homes in Murray, Garvin and Johnston counties.
The bad weather is expected
to move towards the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Tuesday, according to
forecasters, while a second storm system could reach north Texas on Wednesday.
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