Severe weather brings damage to west Little Rock, leaves thousands in central Arkansas without power
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Severe weather ripped through parts of central Arkansas Wednesday afternoon, bringing damage and leaving thousands without power.
Damage could be seen at homes in west Little Rock, where a tree completely uprooted and crashed onto the roof of a house on Queenspark Road. Limbs were also knocked off other nearby trees, filling the streets with debris.
A powerline was toppled on Green Mountain Drive, crashing into the road. Little Rock Police Department crews were blocking the scene and reported more power lines down around the city.
More damage was seen in the areas of Napa Valley and Rainwood and well as in the Trellis Square Shopping Center.
Heavy rain and hail appeared to come down near the Market Street shops just off North Rodney Parham.
As of 4:10 p.m., PowerOutage.US reported that more than 14,480 customers across Pulaski County are in the dark.
The majority of power outages that have been reported are from Entergy with Pulaski County being impacted the most, followed by 874 outages in Saline County and 353 outages in Hot Spring County.
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