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Tornadoes generated by severe weather systems killed 23 people across five states on Saturday evening as category EF-2 and EF-3 twisters touched down and brought destruction to everything in their path.
The NWS offices in Little Rock rated two EF-3 tornadoes in northern Arkansas that touched down early Sunday morning and the NWS offices in Springfield rated an EF-3 tornado that touched down in Mountain View Sunday evening.
Arkansas Highway 5 South in Baxter County is fully reopened to traffic. A portion of the highway was closed following the tornadoes early Sunday morning. Baxter
BENTONVILLE -- Tornadoes ripped through north Arkansas on early Sunday resulting in eight fatalities, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a news conference Sunday night at the Benton County sheriff's office with U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, state officials and area mayors.
Image courtesy of National Weather Service Preliminary information indicates a tornado also went through Baxter County during the storm activity early Sunday