Tornadoes roared over parts of northern Kansas for a second straight day. No injuries were reported after Tuesday’s outbreak.

Scattered property damage was reported late Tuesday afternoon in the small Nemaha County town of Corning.

In an interview, Sheriff Richard Vernon said Wednesday that two homes were destroyed and at least three more were damaged.

“I would say there’s going to be some major repairs done to some of the homes,” Vernon said.  “There’s some roof damage.  I would imagine they will have to be out of their homes for a short time.”

“We’ll be working with them, and Emergency Management will be working with them any way we can to help them out.”

Vernon says one of the homes that was destroyed was occupied, and the other was not.  The damage was centered just west of Corning, although one home on the northeast corner of the town sustained damage.

“We were expecting a thunderstorm, and we were being told it could possibly be tornadic,” Vernon said.

“But when this thing actually hit, it hit very quickly.  The biggest thing about this time of year is to be alert.  Be paying attention to the radio.  Be hooked up to a system that calls your cell phone if there’s severe weather in the area.  The best thing we can do is knowing what’s going on and try to stay out of its path.”

Farther west, a large tornado was reported north of Salina near the Ottawa County town of Bennington. The twister was initially spotted around 5:30 p.m. and hadn’t lifted nearly an hour later.

Tuesday’s violent weather follows an outbreak Monday night that saw at least four tornadoes in northeastern Kansas counties. Two businesses and about 20 homes in Marysville were damaged or destroyed.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)