Tornadoes Strike Arkansas: One Dead, Three Injured

by Amy Judd | March 11, 2010 at 08:47 am

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A Series of Tornadoes Ripped Through Arkansas Leaving One Dead and Three Injured

The first tornado hit Saline County on Wednesday night at around 6:28pm local time and left 22 homes damaged in its wake. A number of powerful tornadoes hit the central part of the state on Wednesday night and one person has been confirmed to have been killed and three injured.

One resident of Saline County said she could hear the storm approaching before she could even see it:

"It was the awfulest roaring I ever heard in my life," she told CNN affiliate KTHV. "My house felt like it was fixing to crumble over me."

Around 8:25pm local time, White County was hit by a tornado, which is just north of Saline County and nine homes were reported to be damaged.

Cleburne County was hit at 9:05pm local time and one person died due to the force of the storm and two have been seriously injured. A number of homes have been destroyed and heavily damaged in this area.

The National Weather Service also reported that thunderstorms hit the rest of the state, along with hail the size of golf balls.

"The storm seems to be shifting to the east, so the severe weather should be out of this area by [Thursday]," said John Lewis, a senior forecaster with an Arkansas office of the National Weather Service.

The threat of tornadoes may be over for Arkansas, but Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee and Kentucky are under tornado watch for Thursday.