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Tornado warning issued for southeast Iowa Sunday

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April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Severe thunderstorms are causing damage across Iowa Sunday afternoon, and a tornado warning was issued in southeastern Iowa. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Keokuk and Iowa counties at least through 4:30 p.m. Sunday because radar showed a possible tornado. But even before that warning was issued, the storms’ strong winds caused damage in several other Iowa towns.

Wind gusts up to 60 mph were recorded in Wapello Sunday afternoon, and at least one farm near there sustained damage to the roof and porch. South of Udell, several farm buildings were damaged or destroyed as the thunderstorm moved through. Several trees about one-foot in diameter were snapped off.

And the roof was blown off of the Oskaloosa Family Medical Center in Mahaska, Iowa. In southwest Iowa, three-quarter inch diameter hail was reported at around 12:18-p.m., two miles west of Griswold, and thunderstorm winds reached 58-miles per hour at the Shenandoah Airport at around 11:15-a.m.

There were no immediate reports of damage in southwest Iowa Sunday afternoon.