Charly Haley

chaley@dmreg.com

A tornado touched down near Persia, Iowa, which is close to Omaha, later Wednesday as part of a thunderstorm that is moving southwest, according to the National Weather Service.

There weren't any damages reported in connection to the tornado, said Brian Smith, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Omaha. Persia is about 40 miles northwest of Omaha, in Harrison County in Iowa.

The tornado was reported about 6 p.m. by law enforcement to the weather service.

The thunderstorm was moving southwest, and as of about 6:15 p.m. it was in Pottawattamie County, Smith said.

At about 6:20 p.m., the weather service received an unconfirmed report of a tornado just north of Underwood, Iowa.

Part of north-central Pottawattamie County is under a tornado warning until about 7 p.m.

For more information, visit www.weather.gov/dmx.