WATCH: 1 storm causes multiple tornado reports along 550-mile path
Tornadoes have caused catastrophic damage in nation’s heartland
Watch as supercell thunderstorm moves across five states, 550 miles
FOX Weather shows the entire 550-mile track of a supercell thunderstorm that spawned several tornadoes Friday night and Saturday morning.
A single thunderstorm is responsible for many of the tornado reports that happened Friday amid a severe weather outbreak in the nation’s heartland.
Radar showed the storm developing southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, about 4 p.m. Central and moving northeast away from the city.
The first tornado warning for the storm came about 5:45 p.m. Central time as the storm passed between the towns of Searcy and McCrory in central Arkansas.
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About an hour later, the first tornado emergency was issued for the storm as it moved toward Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas.
The storm continued on a northeast path through Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky through the night.
Tornado warnings were issued on the storm until 4 a.m. Saturday as the storm moved across Bowling Green, Kentucky.
In total, the tornadic storm covered about 550 miles.