At least 6 people are dead after tornado-spawning storms strike the Central US Memorial Day weekend

Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams, CNN

(CNN) — At slightest six people, including children, are dead, aft suspected tornadoes struck Texas and Arkansas overnight, arsenic terrible storms caused powerfulness outages and forced residents to shelter successful spot crossed nan Central United States connected Memorial Day weekend.

Five fatalities were reported successful Cooke County, Texas, and 3 occurred successful 1 household, Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told CNN connected Sunday morning. Two children successful nan area were reported missing and are still unaccounted for arsenic of Sunday morning.

Another personification was killed successful Benton County, Arkansas, nan county’s information administrator told CNN.

More than 110 cardinal group crossed wide swaths of nan US are nether threat of ample hail, damaging winds and a fierce twisters Sunday, chiefly passim nan mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee River valleys.

As nan storms move east, nan Storm Prediction Center warned of “violent tornadoes, utmost hail and corridors of wide upwind damage.”

Inside a Shell state station, 60 to 80 group were trapped until nan large wind blew over, Sappington said. Multiple injuries were reported astatine nan station, but nary were life-threatening, he added.

Many vehicles were damaged and destroyed, leaving astir 40 group stranded. They were transported by autobus to different state position successful Gainesville, wherever they were picked up by family members.

In northbound Denton County, Texas, a imaginable tornado injured an chartless number of people, damaged respective homes, overturned 18-wheelers, downed trees and knocked retired powerfulness lines connected Saturday night, authorities said early Sunday. Deputies responded to aggregate locations, including “homes and RV trailer parks,” Dawn Cobb, a region spokesperson, said successful a news release.

“Multiple victims” were reported successful Ray Roberts aft terrible upwind struck nan area overnight, City of Denton occurrence officials said, adding medics and different resources person been sent to nan scene.

Damage to respective homes was besides reported successful nan neighboring metropolis of Celina, wherever officials said nan metropolis was affected by “apparent tornadic activity” connected Saturday.

The National Weather Service agency successful Fort Worth issued respective tornado warnings for aggregate North Texas cities precocious Saturday night, telling residents to activity shelter instantly arsenic a tornado was seen heading eastbound betwixt Valley View and Sanger astir 10:40 p.m.

Lake Ray Roberts Marina in nan metropolis of Sanger successful Denton County sustained harm to boats, vessel houses and nan substance dock by nan terrible upwind Saturday night. Despite reports of group rescued aft being trapped successful overturned RVs, location are nary reports of superior injuries.

“There is truthful overmuch damage, we don’t moreover cognize wherever to start,” nan marina said successful a Facebook post Sunday morning.

“We cognize nan vessel houses are heavy damaged, each person mislaid walkways, and astir boats are damaged,” nan station said. “We mislaid our substance dock and offices on pinch our dock cat, Ginger.”

In Bentonville, Arkansas, crews are moving to respond to powerfulness outages and emergency aesculapian calls, according to Mayor Stephanie Orman.

“We person crews mobilized passim nan city. We person powerfulness lines, down– astir 10,000 astir apt retired pinch power. We’ve sewage trees crossed roads, we’re really encouraging individuals to enactment disconnected nan roads arsenic we tried to cleanable up those roadworthy systems. We besides person signals down,” Orman said. “We person had complete 20 EMS calls and truthful those are presently being worked.”

Across authorities lines, harm was besides reported passim Rogers County, Oklahoma, aft a imaginable tornado swept nan area, downing powerfulness lines and trees and damaging homes. In nan metropolis of Claremore, officials said location was “a batch of damage” and energy will beryllium retired for overmuch of nan metropolis “for an extended play of time.”

As nan stormy upwind battered nan region, much than 250,000 homes and businesses passim nan Plains and Missouri were without powerfulness early Sunday, including complete 93,000 customers In Missouri, astir 48,000 successful Kansas, much than 34,000 successful Texas and 24,000 successful Oklahoma, according to poweroutage.us.

Storms that developed overnight successful Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri are now moving eastbound toward nan little Ohio River Valley, triggering a caller tornado watch for parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee until 10 a.m. CT, according to nan Storm Prediction Center.

Northwest Arkansas, Eastern Kansas, Western Missouri and Northeast Oklahoma are besides still nether tornado watch until 5 a.m. CT.

There is simply a Level 3 of 5 consequence of terrible thunderstorms complete parts of nan Mississippi and Ohio valleys into Monday morning, and EF2 to EF5 tornadoes and upwind gusts of 74 mph are possible, according to nan Storm Prediction Center. A Level 4 of 5 consequence of terrible thunderstorms besides exists successful parts of nan Central and Southern Plains done Sunday morning.

Sunday to spot 2 waves of storms

Sunday will bring a 2nd activity of storms erstwhile a statement forms crossed nan Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys.

Robust thunderstorms will proceed complete parts of nan Mississippi Valley done Sunday greeting earlier gradually losing their strength. But a caller information of damaging storms is expected to get quickly after.

Thunderstorms will create complete parts of nan Midwest by Sunday day and turn farther southbound and eastbound done nan evening and overnight hours. Powerful storms could yet agelong from nan Great Lakes to nan South Sunday night.

Storms will move toward nan East Coast Monday, bringing disruptive precocious winds and ample hail from DC done nan southeast.

The recreation hubs of Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Nashville could person to contend pinch damaging storms, starring to delayed aliases canceled flights.

The imaginable for dense rainfall complete parts of nan Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, mediate Mississippi Valley, and Central Appalachians prompted nan flimsy risk, Level 2 of 4, of excessive rainfall successful those regions done Monday morning.

Cities for illustration Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Nashville, Tennessee; and Indianapolis are among nan cities included successful nan Level 3 threat. It’s imaginable nan terrible upwind could impact nan Indianapolis 500 title slated for noon ET connected Sunday.

The National Weather Service agency successful Indianapolis forecast showers and thunderstorms, chiefly earlier 4 p.m. ET successful Speedway, Indiana, connected Sunday, pinch an 80% chance of precipitation and gusts arsenic precocious arsenic 25 mph.

The past clip rainfall shortened nan Indy 500 title was successful 2007 aft 166 laps, according to nan Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Record-breaking power imaginable for immoderate cities

The unofficial commencement of summertime is besides ushering successful sweltering heat, reaching perchance grounds precocious temperatures for parts of nan US connected Monday.

Houston; New Orleans; Miami; Mobile, Alabama, Tampa, Florida; and Charleston, South Carolina, are among locations wherever lukewarm upwind will consciousness much for illustration July than precocious May done nan vacation weekend.

A subtropical upper-level precocious complete Mexico will thief spawn excessive power warnings and power advisories complete confederate Texas done Monday, according to nan Storm Prediction Center. “The ridging will create a vulnerable early-season power activity complete southbound Texas and confederate Florida,” according to nan center.

Daily precocious temperatures and power scale reference exceeding 115 are imaginable successful immoderate areas, nan Storm Prediction Center noted.

Those spending clip outdoors aliases who are dealing pinch a nonaccomplishment of powerfulness should portion capable water, dress successful lightweight clothing and find cooling centers if necessary.

CNN meteorologist Elisa Raffa and CNN’s Jillian Sykes and Chris Boyette contributed to this report.

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