236 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 235 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A

TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VILLISCA…OR 18 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF CLARINDA THAT COULD ALSO BECOME BRIEFLY TORNADIC.

HAZARD…TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…

VILLISCA AROUND 250 PM CDT.

STANTON AROUND 255 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE VIKING LAKE STATE PARK AND HEPBURN.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS…IN A MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.