Severe Weather 2019: Latest On The 10 Twisters That Hit Arkansas, Louisiana
At least 10 tornadoes made landfall Saturday in Arkansas and Louisiana, knocking down powerlines, trees, and some structures.
The National Weather Service reported that on Saturday morning an EF-1 tornado descended on the outskirts of Little Rock, with winds rushing through at 110 miles per hour. Two people were reported injured near Toltec, Arkansas.
News of the multiple twisters comes less than a week after a series of catastrophic tornadoes hit Alabama, killing 23 people and injuring over 50.
Another tornado was spotted in the Arkansas town of Keo and its surrounding areas, with an additional tornado located in the town of Hosston, Louisiana. Winds in both areas were measured at approximately 60 miles per hour.
KARK, an NBC affiliate in Little Rock, reported that a mobile home was destroyed in the city of Scott, where it found its way in the path of another tornado. Both residents of the home — a woman and her granddaughter — were not in the home at the time.
Before tearing through Arkansas, the storm system hit parts of Texas, with 23 separate reports of damage.
"Downed power lines, uprooted trees, and damage to roofs and porches," were reported in northwest Louisiana due to three different tornadoes, according to KSLA, a CBS affiliate in Shreveport. The tornadoes, all reported as EF-1s, reached as high as 105 miles per hour. There were no reports of deaths or injuries.
Typically, EF-1 tornadoes are considered moderate in their damage potential, with winds categorically measuring anywhere in between 85 to 110 miles per hour.
A tornado watch was issued Saturday afternoon in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee.
The tornadoes are part of a larger storm system currently sweeping across the nation, severe enough to have caused a number of airlines to waive flight change fees for customers in dozen of Midwestern airports.
Winter Storm Taylor has caused heavy snowfall and blizzards in the Dakotas, Iowa, and Minnesota, accompanied by strong, gusting winds and a rate of one to two inches of snow per hour.
Winter Storm Taylor has also caused a flurry of massive thunderstorms in the Southeastern corridor, hitting hardest in states like Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri.
Other Southern states are not safe from the winter storm's wrath as it moves northward into Mississippi, Tennessee and stretching as far as southern Illinois.
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