7 PM Monday Update... EF1 tornado damage has been found in Prairie county just north of I-40.  This brings the total number of tornadoes to 11.

1 PM Update Monday... EF1 tornado damage was found in Howard county in southwest Arkansas.  The tornado tracked near Umpire with a track of about 4 miles long.  This will bring the total number of tornadoes to 10 now.

9 PM Sunday Update...The tornado which affect Carlise has been rated an EF1.  Two other small tornadoes have been confirmed...  one north of Brinkley and another near Cotton Plant.  Both of those were rated an EF0.  This brings the total statewide to 9 tornadoes.

9:30 AM Sunday Update...  More tornado tracks were found late Saturday.   In Chicot county, an EF1 tornado tracked from 7 miles WNW of Lake Village to 10 miles north of Lake Village.  The 400 yard wide tornado tracked for 10 miles with winds estimated at 110 mph.  No injuries reported

 An EF2 tornado has been confirmed in western Mississippi county.  The 4 mile long path began south of Etowah and continues northeast to near Carrolls Corner.  The 150 yard wide tornado had winds up to 150 mph.

An EF3 tornado has been confirmed in northern Crittenden county.  It produced a continuous 12 mile long path of destruction which affected the communities of Earle, Heafer, Gilmore, and Turrell.  The tornado reached its peak intensity in Earle where it produced winds of  155-165 mph.  4 injuries were reported here.

6 PM Saturday Update... The tornado that tracked from near Birdtown to Brownsville north of Greers Ferry Lake in Cleburne county is rated an EF3 with a track of about 45 miles.

Also, the tornado from near Leola to near Crossroads in Grant county is rated an EF2.

Another tornado near Belfast to Hensley in Pulaski county to near Pettus in Lonoke county has been rated a strong EF2.  The track of this tornado is about 40 miles long.

6:30 Update...The National Weather Service has placed a preliminary rating of EF3 on the tornado that tracked from Birdtown in Conway county to Damascus in Van Buren county.

6 PM Friday Update...  No doubt about it, it was a very sad day.  Several of our fellow Arkansans lost their life.  I know that in the days to come though, this state will do what it always has done and always will do...come together and rebuild.   We'll take the lessons of today and apply them to tomorrow and hope we can get people to safety faster.

We'll continue to follow the survey work of the National Weather Service over the next few days as teams fan out through the state.  There will be many tornadoes confirmed and some very, very strong.  Below are pictures from Keo along Highway 15 from Lewis Morris