Over 11,000 Arkansans without power after Saturday morning storms
According to , 11,121 Arkansans were without power after storms entered the western part of the state shortly after 8 a.m.
The county with the most outages was Scott County with 4,873 without power. Another county with a high number of outages include Madison with 2,195 outages.
Other counties with outages are Crawford, Franklin, Newton, Jackson and Woodruff.
Officials with the said that a Tornado Watch is in place for several counties until noon.
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