Tornado Rips Through Little Rock, Ark.
Tornado Rips Through Little Rock, Ark., Damaging Airport; Injuries Reported
A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday evening, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines. The National Weather Service, which said a tornado passed directly over its North Little Rock office, reported injuries at a Benton trailer park. An elderly woman was treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.
Meanwhile, at the North Little Rock airport, the storm destroyed a hangar and left several single-engine planes flipped over onto their wings while others were destroyed. Gregory Greene, 39, said he was outside a restaurant when the tornado hit.I saw debris flying around in a circle when I was about to go in and pick up my girlfriend from work, said Greene. Stuff was going around in circles.
About that time, it pushed her up against the building and knocked me down and pushed me under that truck, Greene said. While under the truck, he said the storm flipped a car in the next parking space. I thought I was going to die, said Greene, whose right elbow was scraped raw.
The National Weather Service said the storm damaged a car dealership and a mobile home park near Benton, southwest of Little Rock, and downed power lines and trees farther southwest on I-30. After hitting Little Rock the storm moved into the city's northeastern suburbs.
3D doppler radar imagery shows the tornadic supercell that swept through Little Rock Thursday evening.
In Cammack Village, a community of 1,000 surrounded by northwest Little Rock, police and firefighters went door-to-door to check on residents. Paramedics tended to an elderly woman, who didn't appear seriously hurt. An oak tree blocked in residents on a cul-de-sac and half-foot-deep water from torrential rains flowed down streets.
Susann Walters, 55, said she hid in a closet with her two dogs and a cat as the storm approached. It was probably 30-45 seconds, Walter said. "It was quick.
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A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday evening, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines. The National Weather Service, which said a tornado passed directly over its North Little Rock office, reported injuries at a Benton trailer park. An elderly woman was treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.
Meanwhile, at the North Little Rock airport, the storm destroyed a hangar and left several single-engine planes flipped over onto their wings while others were destroyed. Gregory Greene, 39, said he was outside a restaurant when the tornado hit.I saw debris flying around in a circle when I was about to go in and pick up my girlfriend from work, said Greene. Stuff was going around in circles.
About that time, it pushed her up against the building and knocked me down and pushed me under that truck, Greene said. While under the truck, he said the storm flipped a car in the next parking space. I thought I was going to die, said Greene, whose right elbow was scraped raw.
The National Weather Service said the storm damaged a car dealership and a mobile home park near Benton, southwest of Little Rock, and downed power lines and trees farther southwest on I-30. After hitting Little Rock the storm moved into the city's northeastern suburbs.
3D doppler radar imagery shows the tornadic supercell that swept through Little Rock Thursday evening.
In Cammack Village, a community of 1,000 surrounded by northwest Little Rock, police and firefighters went door-to-door to check on residents. Paramedics tended to an elderly woman, who didn't appear seriously hurt. An oak tree blocked in residents on a cul-de-sac and half-foot-deep water from torrential rains flowed down streets.
Susann Walters, 55, said she hid in a closet with her two dogs and a cat as the storm approached. It was probably 30-45 seconds, Walter said. "It was quick.
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