The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornado touchdowns in Arkansas on Friday afternoon. They took place in Pulaski County, which includes the city of Little Rock, and Garland County, which sits about 70 miles outside of the state's capital.
From CNN's Rob Shackelford, Jennifer Gray, Aya Elamroussi and Alaa Elassar
A rare “high risk” Level 5 out of 5 alert has been issued Friday for parts of the Midwest and Mid-South, impacting nearly 3 million people, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.Portions of southeastern Iowa, northwestern Illinois and northeastern Missouri, including places like Davenport and Iowa City in Iowa.
Tornado watches have been issued for 15 million people, stretching from southern Arkansas to northern Iowa until 8 p.m CT and parts of northeast Texas, northwest Louisiana and far southern Oklahoma until 9 p.m. CT . Shreveport, Louisiana, and Tyler, Texas, are included in the tornado watch. These tornado watches have been labeled a “particularly dangerous situation” by the Storm Prediction Center.
The prediction center warns of a couple of tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts of up to 70 mph.
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