Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Warnings issued as storms move through parts of state.

- WILLIAM SANDERS

Several counties in south and southwest Arkansas were placed under tornado and severe weather warnings Saturday evening as storms developing from an upper-level low from the southwest pressed northeast across the state.

Nevada County reported storm damage about 6 p.m. near Bodcaw after a tornado warning was issued there by the National Weather Service office in Shreveport.

The warning area covered northeast Hempstead County and western Nevada County, with weather service officials saying that radar indicated rotation in the storm.

Tornado warnings Saturday also included Pike, Sevier, Columbia, Miller and Union counties.

No damage was reported in those areas as of Saturday evening.

No injuries or deaths had been reported by Saturday night.

After 8 p.m., more weather warnings were issued as a second wave of storms moved northwest from the southwest.

Jim Cross, with the Office of Emergency Management in Nevada County, said preliminar­y assessment­s indicated mostly tree damage in his county.

Trees were blocking Arkansas 53 near Bodcaw, and at least one house was damaged by a falling tree, he said.

About 9 p.m., the weather service in Shreveport reported snapped and fallen trees across Arkansas 355 in Nevada County near the Columbia County line.

Numerous trees also were down on Columbia County Road 104, a car was flipped over and a boat was thrown into a pasture, according to the weather service.

The weather service office also reported trees down along County Road 35 in Little River County and flooding in the town of Foreman.

Some power outages were reported, but the extent of those outages could not be determined late Saturday.

Also, about 4 p.m. Saturday, a tornado warning was issued briefly in Pulaski County near the area of Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Conway and other parts of Faulkner County received a deluge of rain, prompting the National Weather Service office in North Little Rock to issue a flash flood warning for that area.

“Several streets are flooded,” the Conway Police Department tweeted about 7 p.m.

The tweet urged drivers to use caution and not drive through the standing water.

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