NWS Issues Multi-State Tornado Warnings for US Midwest as Twisters Touch Down in Nebraska, Iowa

As Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, and other US states continue to deal with the destruction and death left behind from the past weekend’s twisters, a tornado watch has been put into effect until 8 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday for some four million people in sections of Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

The National Weather Service has warned that a powerful storm is bringing the threat of a derecho, with high winds and tornadoes, to sections of the upper Midwest.

Damaging winds exceeding 100 miles per hour (161 kilometers per hour) were initially reported in portions of New Mexico and Colorado before traveling to the Great Plains.

Authorities closed sections of I-25 near Colorado Springs after extreme winds caused multiple semi-trailers to overturn on the highway. According to KRDO, the first two wrecks occurred around 11:00 a.m. local time.While one blocked a section of the highway for approximately 35 minutes, the other incident occurred on the shoulder. The winds prompted El Paso County to suspend semis, tractor-trailers, buses, recreational and all other high-profile vehicles from its roads.

Overturned semi – assumingly due to the extreme winds – at I-25 and Garden of the Gods RD in Colorado Springs. pic.twitter.com/b755PstdlH— Josh Helmuth KRDO (@Jhelmuth) December 15, 2021

High winds were also reported in sections of Kansas, prompting dangerous dust storms that limited motorists’ visibility.

WATCH: Major dust storm with near-zero visibility in Elkhart, Kansas pic.twitter.com/A5Ybjsx8n4— BNO News (@BNONews) December 15, 2021

Later in the day, tornadoes were confirmed near Salix, Iowa, and Emerson, Nebraska.

⚠️ A tornado has been reported by law enforcement near Salix, IA! It would have been 2 miles south of Salix, IA at 417 pm and will be near Lawton and Moville around 430 pm🌪️— NWS Sioux Falls (@NWSSiouxFalls) December 15, 2021

Some of our troopers are following the fast moving storm along I-80, looking for incidents.

There are early reports of power lines down in multiple communities.

Please be safe even if the storm has moved past your area. If it hasn’t yet, be safe and take cover if necessary. pic.twitter.com/uz8xKv2p3l— Nebraska State Patrol (@NEStatePatrol) December 15, 2021

We have video of the tornado confirmed near Salix, Iowa. This video was taken by Cheryl this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/Zo15UnAEch— KTIV News Four (@ktivnews) December 15, 2021

High winds can be seen in alleged eyewitness footage recorded near Oakland, Nebraska, where a tornado siren was activated earlier today.

And there goes the sirens! #Tornado #Nebraska pic.twitter.com/PqOKnnyay1— Heat Hera Maryam Silver (@HermaJestar) December 15, 2021

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