Overnight Storms Cause Widespread Damage Around Area

(Photos by Scott Dunson)

Severe thunderstorms that moved through southwest Arkansas Tuesday night left downed trees and thousands of people without electricity.

Numerous reports were received of trees being blown down including some on homes, vehicles, and roads in the Nashville area.

Widespread power outages also occurred. More than four thousand 200 customers were without power in Sevier county last night including over three thousand in the city of De Queen. More than three thousand customers lost their power in Pike County while another 1500-2000 people were without power in Hempstead County. Most of those outages were between Nashville and the McCaskill area. Howard county also had several hundred electric outages once the storms moved through.