Severe weather and the din of tornado sirens traveled across Arkansas on Sunday, but hail caused the most problems, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.
The National Weather Service in North Little Rock received reports of about 15 tornadoes touching down from Garland County to Lee County on Sunday afternoon and evening.
As of Sunday night, no injuries had been reported.
"We've issued a lot of severe thunderstorm warning and tornado warnings, but hail has been the biggest issue," said Michael Brown, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in North Little Rock. "There's been 1-inch hail, some golf-ball-sized, and some reports of even bigger than that."
The storm system, an upper-level warm front from the Rockies, made its way to Arkansas over the weekend. Brown said the severity of the storm was about what the National Weather Service expected.
"This is typical springtime," he added.
Montgomery County sustained the brunt of damage, especially around the Mountain Harbor area in Mount Ida, according to a Montgomery County sheriff's office dispatcher.
Heavy winds toppled numerous trees and destroyed several boat docks at Mountain Harbor Resort and Spa, the dispatcher said.
A few hours later in Pulaski County, winds downed trees on the far western edge of the county, and several homes were damaged in the southeast portion of the county, said Lt. Cody Burk, Pulaski County sheriff's office spokesman.
Tornadoes were reported in Garland, Faulkner, Arkansas, Lonoke, Lee, Lincoln and Phillips counties.
Entergy reported that about 7,300 Arkansans lost power because of the storms. More than 1,000 Montgomery County residents were without power Sunday evening, according to Entergy.
Sunday's storm followed last week's deluge that flooded much of the southeastern part of the state. Residents in 40-50 homes in Chicot County were evacuated Friday, and many of the county's roads were flooded.
Floods caused delays and detours for Amtrak trains throughout the state Saturday and Sunday, spokesman Craig Schulz said. He expected the train schedule to return to normal today.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday declared 13 counties in the east and southeast regions of the state disaster areas because of flood damage.
Southeast Arkansas dodged much of Sunday afternoon's storms, but by 9 p.m., thunderstorms had settled over the region.
Metro on 03/14/2016