Tornado Warning for Montgomery and Page Counties

 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 330 PM CDT* AT 258 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VILLISCA...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CORNING...  MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES  NORTH OF THIS STORM THAT COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO.  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  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...  STANTON AROUND 310 PM CDT.  ELLIOTT AROUND 330 PM CDT.OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GRANT...VIKING LAKE STATE PARK AND HEPBURN.THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 51.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWESTFLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN AMOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIALSHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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