Fordyce News

The first tornado started three miles west of Thornton and ended about 5 miles southwest of Rison.

Severe weather hit the state Sunday night including an EF2 tornado which pummeled the Fordyce area with winds up to 135 mph.

A terrible night across the South.A A 24 reports of tornadoes in the last 24 hours acrossA Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.

Fordyce Mayor John MacNichol says 7 to 8 homes were destroyed in Sunday night's tornado and about 40 others sustained some form of damage.

Damage estimates are coming in for Sunday night's storms that raked across Arkansas.

As of 8 p.m. CST, a tornado was confirmed 4 miles northeast of Fordyce, Ark. moving northeast at 55mph.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - According to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, the main damage is in the Fordyce area, in Dallas County.