Emergency crews have been spread out across portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma as relentless rounds of severe weather and tornadoes blasted the region on Monday, damaging homes and knocking out power.
Emergency crews have been spread out across portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma as relentless rounds of severe weather and tornadoes blasted the region on Monday, damaging homes and knocking out power.
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Kansas, too, saw strong, damaging tornadoes early on Monday morning before the threat shifted to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Nebraska.
And those same areas in recovery mode have been on alert as the FOX Forecast Center tracks the possibility of more severe weather this week.
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On Monday evening, radar showed a large debris signature near the community of Greenland in Arkansas, which appeared to have taken a direct hit by a tornado.
The tornado then continued into the Fayetteville area before lifting.
“Wow, that is not a good sign. We have a very apparent debris ball, this very stark blue (on radar),” FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender said as he tracked the tornado Monday night. “This is moving at an astonishing pace.”
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The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said trees have been knocked down across the area, and damage was reported within the city of Greenland, as well as smaller communities in the area off of Campbell Loop, Smokey Lane and in the Lincoln area.
Despite the tornado, the sheriff’s office said there have been no reports of injuries in the county.
City officials in Fayetteville told FOX News that crews have been assessing damage and offering support to the Greenland and Lincoln communities after the storms passed through.
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Powerful thunderstorms also impacted communities in Nebraska and Oklahoma on Monday.
The National Weather Service office in Omaha, Nebraska, reported a tornado on the ground near Rogers and heading toward North Bend.
Video from a storm chaser on Monday showed the tornado moving near North Bend.
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’According to storm reports and photos, another suspected tornado caused damage near the community of Pittsburg, Oklahoma.
Video recorded near Savanna, Oklahoma, showed winds and rain impacting Department of Transportation cameras on Highway 69 during the tornado-warned storm.
