Counties across the Mid-South were under severe weather alerts Monday as storms rolled through the area during the early morning hours.
The National Weather Service issued both Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings for counties in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.
The National Weather Service said preliminary information indicated an EF-1 tornado in Tyronza, Arkansas, blowing off part of the elementary school’s roof. The mayor says Tyronza will have a 9 p.m. curfew tonight.
At one point Monday morning there were at least three Tornado Warnings in the immediate Memphis metro area.
The city of Memphis’s Office of Emergency Management said Parkway Village, Fox Meadows and Balmoral all sustained heavy damage.
More than 43,000 customers were without power in Memphis, MLGW reported around noon due to downed trees, broken poles and downed wires across the city. They said approximately 85 percent of customers should be back up and running by midnight tonight.
After-school activities and after-care were canceled at seven Shelby County Schools Monday evening due to power outages: Balmoral-Ridgeway Elementary, Evans Elementary, Goodlett Elementary, Knight Road Elementary, Oakhaven Elementary, Ridgeway Middle and Westhaven Elementary.Power was out at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill, about 155 miles northwest of Little Rock. The airport says flights were still departing, though security screenings were being done manually.The storms also caused damage in Oklahoma and Missouri.
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