Storms Leave Small Marks on the Natural State
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: April 16, 2012
At this time, there are just two reports of possible tornadoes: one in Morganton in Van Buren County and another in Lincoln in Washington County.
We're receiving reports of minor damage in a few areas of the state.
For example, a tree fell on a power pole in Salem in Saline County.
High winds have left thousands of Arkansans in the dark Sunday night.
As of about 9 p.m., Entergy Arkansas was reporting that 7,400 of their customers have lost power.
We are waiting to hear back word on outages from the electric cooperatives.
We'll let you know as soon a more details are available.
Below are the official reports:
1508UNK LINCOLN WASHINGTON AR3595 9442 TREE DAMAGE. POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (TSA)
2309UNK MORGANTON VAN BUREN AR3547 9233 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINES ON ARKANSAS 356. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WAS A BRIEF TORNADO. THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (LZK)
2318UNK SALEM SALINE AR3463 9256 A POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED AND SOME TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON RIVER RIDGE ROAD NEAR SALEM. (LZK)
