By Mark Leberfinger, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
April 27,2014; 10:22PM,EDT
Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes continue across the nation's midsection into Monday morning as the worst severe weather outbreak so far this year unfolds.
Places from northeastern Texas and northern Louisiana to southern Iowa and Illinois, as well as Nebraska, will remain at risk for one or two rounds of severe thunderstorms into Sunday night.
At least two people died in the tornadoes that struck Arkansas and Oklahoma, The Associated Press reported.
The thunderstorms have and will continue to unleash damaging winds, hail and frequent lightning.
The strongest thunderstorms will also spawn tornadoes with the danger zone greatest in the vicinity of Arkansas and southern Missouri. Little Rock, Ark., lies within this zone.
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UPDATES: (All times in Central time)
10:36 p.m. CDT Sunday: Damage earlier Sunday from storm in Mayflower, Ark.:10:34 p.m. CDT Sunday: About 1,500 OG+E customers were without electricity in Oklahoma, the utility reported.
10:25 p.m. CDT Sunday: Damage reports coming out of Vilonia, Ark., include numerous houses damaged or destroyed and a fast-food restaurant damaged, according to trained spotters. The Arkansas Game and Fish headquarters, east of Mayflower, Ark., also was heavily damaged.
10:15 p.m. CDT Sunday: Numerous gas leaks reported in Vilonia, Ark., where search-and-rescue efforts are under way, according to fire department scanner traffic.
10:13 p.m. CDT Sunday: Arkansas state government responding to severe storms:
10:02 p.m. CDT Sunday: Traffic causing problems for responders in Quapaw, Okla.:
9:56 p.m. CDT Sunday: Major gas leak reported on North Street in storm-damaged Vilonia, Ark., according to fire department scanner traffic.
9:48 p.m. CDT Sunday: About 14,000 Entergy Arkansas customers were without power, the utility reported.
9:32 p.m. CDT Sunday: Tornado emergency at Swifton, Ark., the NWS said.
9:29 p.m. CDT Sunday: Mayflower, Ark., tornado:
9:22 p.m. CDT Sunday:
9:15 p.m. CDT Sunday: Tornado spotted at Jacksonport, Arkansas, law enforcement reports.
9:00 p.m. CDT Sunday:
8:54 p.m. CDT Sunday: The National Weather Service is reporting a tornado emergency for Thida and Oil Trough, Ark.
8:47 p.m. CDT Sunday: Law enforcement reporting a tornado in Denmark, Ark.
8:41 p.m. CDT Sunday: Around 17,000 power outages with 11,000 in Pulaski County, Ark reports Entergy Arkansas
8:33 p.m. CDT Sunday: According to KATV in Little Rock, one person has been confirmed dead along Highway 365 in Mayflower.
8:11 p.m. CDT Sunday:
8:02 p.m. CDT Sunday: El Paso and Floyd, Ark., under tornado emergency.
7:58 p.m. CDT Sunday The tornado-producing cell is now northeast of Vilonia, approximately 25 miles to the southwest of Searcy, Ark.
7:47 p.m. CDT Sunday The National Weather Service in Little Rock is reporting houses badly damaged south of Mayflower, Ark. and Saltillo, Faulkner County, Arkansas.
7:36 p.m. CDT Sunday: A tornado, estimated at around half a mile wide, has crossed Interstate 40 around mile marker 140, one mile southeast of Mayflower, Ark. reports National Weather Service spotter.
7:19 p.m. CDT Sunday: The National Weather Service in Little Rock, Ark., has issued a tornado emergency in effect for Maumelle, Ark. A tornado was reported along Lake Maumelle.
6:51 p.m. CDT Sunday:
6:36 p.m. CDT Sunday: A very large storm is currently moving north, bringing hail to the southwest suburbs of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and has the potential to develop a tornado as it tracks north, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards said.
6:18 p.m. CDT Sunday Emergency management reports a funnel cloud, three miles southwest of Foster, Bates County, Mo.
6:05 p.m. CDT Sunday: Joplin, Mo., Airport reported a tornado on the ground around 5:52 p.m. CDT.
5:51 p.m. CDT Sunday: Watch the latest edition of AccuWeather LIVE for updates on the severe weather outbreak:
5:42 p.m. CDT Sunday: Dust storm and visibility under one mile reported near Great Bend, Barton County, Kan., reports National Weather Service spotter.
5:32 p.m. CDT Sunday
4:58 p.m. CDT Sunday: A storm chaser sighted a brief tornado touch down south of Polk, Neb., according to the National Weather Service. This tornadic thunderstorm will continue to track just east of Polk and Clarks, Neb., within the next 30 minutes.
4:47 p.m. CDT Sunday: Confirmed tornado located near Mount Vernon, Iowa, tracking toward Morley and Martelle, Iowa.
4:37 p.m. CDT Sunday: Thunderstorms with a history of producing hail and damaging winds approaching Davenport, Iowa.
4:24 p.m. CDT Sunday: A thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado located near Messer, Okla., tracking south of Rattan, Okla.
4:17 p.m. CDT Sunday:
Storm clouds moving over Alda, Neb. (Photo/@EXTREMECHASER)3:52 p.m. CDT Sunday: The Storm Prediction Center has labeled the tornado threat across Arkansas, including Little Rock, a "particularly dangerous situation;" violent tornadoes a serious concern.
3:44 p.m. CDT Sunday:
3:21 p.m. CDT Sunday: A funnel cloud has been reported one mile north of Floris, Iowa by a National Weather Service spotter.
2:42 p.m. CDT Sunday: A confirmed tornado was located near Upland, Nebraska, and tracking toward the community of Minden, Nebraska.
2:28 p.m. CDT Sunday: Severe thunderstorms, with the threat of tornadoes, are tracking in an unusual southeast-to-northwest fashion across Nebraska.
2:25 p.m. CDT Sunday: A thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado and quarter-sized hail was tracking toward Hildreth, which was located in south-central Nebraska.
1:50 p.m. CDT Sunday: Tornado danger is increasing in and around western and central Arkansas, prompting the issuance of a tornado watch. This watch includes Little Rock and is in effect until 9 p.m. CDT.
1:20 p.m. CDT Sunday: All severe weather watches and warnings are listed on the AccuWeather.com Severe Weather Center page.
1:10 p.m. CDT Sunday: A thunderstorm that caused tree damage in Warrensburg, Missouri, it tracking toward Sweet Springs, Missouri.
12:55 p.m. CDT Sunday: Looking to the southeast, a funnel cloud was sighted in Richmond, Missouri. The person who reported the sighting to the National Weather Service also noted the occurrence of dime-sized hail.
12:53 p.m. CDT Sunday: A thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Odessa, Missouri, and was tracking toward the communities of Dover and Carrollton. This thunderstorm produced a 60-mph wind gust in Odessa.
12:40 p.m. CDT Sunday: A line of thunderstorms with a history of producing hail and damaging winds continues to track across northwestern Missouri.
12:30 p.m. CDT Sunday: The environment is becoming more conducive for the development of tornadoes in the vicinity of western Arkansas. Thunderstorms capable of spawning tornadoes will begin to increase in coverage across this area during the mid-afternoon hours.
12:25 p.m. CDT Sunday: National Weather Service observer reports penny-sized hail from a thunderstorm eight miles west of Callaway, Neb.
12:04 p.m. CDT Sunday: While a line of severe thunderstorms is pressing into Missouri, AccuWeather.com meteorologists remain concerned for tornadic thunderstorms to erupt across far eastern Oklahoma, northeastern Texas and Arkansas as the afternoon progresses.
11:56 a.m. CDT Sunday: AccuWeather.com meteorologists identified central Nebraska as another area at risk for strong thunderstorms Sunday afternoon.
11:49 a.m. CDT Sunday: Winds gusted to 57 mph when a line of severe thunderstorms tracked across the Kansas City International Airport, Mo.
11:40 a.m. CDT Sunday: Quarter-sized hail slammed Parkville, Mo.
11:25 a.m. CDT Sunday: A thunderstorm dropped golf ball-sized hail on Overland Park, Kan., according to a National Weather Service spotter.
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