National Weather Service crews confirmed that a tornado touched down Monday night in Saline County and are continuing to assess damage throughout the state as residents begin clearing debris caused by the storms.
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A large tornado injured eight people and damaged homes and businesses as it roared through western Kentucky on Tuesday, part of a severe spring storm that spun off more twisters and dropped hail across the state.
Kentucky State Police said there was structural damage to some barns near KY 126 north of KY 129.
Meteorologists said they hoped to confirm if a tornado caused the damage in Salem by Tuesday afternoon.
They were taken to area hospitals where they were treated for non- life threatening injuries.
At least one tornado also hit in Pope County, Illinois, but there are no reports of injuries or damage.
Garvin County Emergency Management Director Bud Ramming said Tuesday that Chester Barnes was found dead Monday just outside his city of Wynnewood home, which had been “blown apart by the tornado”. No one was in the home when the roof and outer walls collapsed.
The National Weather Service says a tornado briefly touched down on the southeast edge of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Family and officials have confirmed the identities of two 76-year-old Oklahoma men who died in Monday’s storms, which spawned tornadoes across the rural landscape of several southern counties.
The Storm Prediction Center had said the Plains and Arkansas.
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Severe storms are possible in parts of Arkansas Wednesday as a cold front moves into the region, the National Weather Service said.
