A series of severe thunderstorms swept across the south-central United States over the weekend, including one that produced a damaging tornado in southwestern Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.

Drone footage from storm chaser Brian Emfinger showed trees scattered around and on top of a house around 3.5 miles south of De Roche, Arkansas.

Emfinger confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that the damage shown in the video was from an EF1 tornado confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Little Rock, Arkansas. There were no injuries reported from the twister.

According to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), this was 61st preliminary tornado of the year for Arkansas. The state had 44 preliminary tornadoes last year and 36 in 2023.

The National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi, als

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