Several tornadoes were reportedly reported in the southern and midwest areas, knocking down trees, destroying power, destroying homes and businesses as these areas helped the powerful storm system over the next few days.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning Wednesday in the area from northeast Arkansas to central Illinois.
“Cover now!” the weather service said in its tornado warning alarm.
The tornado was reportedly landed in Nevada, Missouri on Wednesday. Nevada city manager Gary Edwards said “widespread losses” are underway and assessments are underway. “When the storm sirens were harsh, the tornado jumped over the town and caused serious damage,” Mr Edwards said in an email. He said there were no reports of deaths, only one injured.
The National Weather Service said it had visual confirmation that the tornado was largely landing in the rural areas on Wednesday.
Lacey Kanipe, public information officer for the Arkansas Emergency Management Department, said the agency had received reports of local tornadoes. “We are working with our local emergency management office to seek situational awareness and still learning about impact when we come in,” Ms Kenippe said.
The tornado watch is also effective among millions of residents in various parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.
The storm system originated on the West Coast together in the week and stirred on the plains on Tuesday. But forecasters predict that the system’s most extensive and most severe threat is “widespread” thunderstorms that could produce destructive winds, heavy hail and a large number of long-distance tornados, spread across a region from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to Arkansas, Louisiana, Louisiana and Texas.
Forecasters warn that the tornado’s storm system is expected to stop on Thursday, prompting government forecasters to issue the highest alert in the same area as rain may occur over the next five days.
Continuous rainfall could lead to “important, potentially historical” rainfall of 10 to 15 inches, which could cause “generational flooding” events, especially in areas extending from northeast Arkansas to western Tennessee, western Kentucky, Kentucky and southern Indiana.
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