“This is a multi-day, multi-state, multi-threat severe weather event that begins today right here over the southern U.S.,” the Weather Channel reported.
In Little Rock around 11 p.m. Monday, there were thunderstorms in all directions around the state capital.
The storm dropped tornadoes and massive amounts of hail throughout Central Arkansas as it moved easterly into Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky.
Another system is expected tomorrow that will envelope the areas from northern Iowa all the way to the southeast Texas coast and into Biloxi, Mississippi. Those storms could also pack tornadoes, hail and heavy winds.
One of those was the vehicle of storm chaser Charles Peek, who also shared this photo of hail he gathered Monday.
The tornado can be seen through lots of lightning. Here are some of the photos and videos.
There have been reports of hail the sizes between golf ball and tennis ball size that fell through the night.
“Wow…some large hail at my younger brother’s house in Austin, Arkansas. He’s currently deployed as a C-130 pilot out of the Little Rock Air Force Base and his wife is home with the dog and her mom so I had to check in. They are okay and were sheltered in the laundry room,” one person wrote on Twitter.
Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Arkansas reported no major damage.
