Whether it's North Little Rock,
Jacksonville wind, Sherwood,
or right here in Little Rock,
AR truly is 1 big small town and we are
out in full force picking up the pieces,
putting these lives back togeth.
It is 630 on this Monday morning
and welcome back to Wake Up Cen.
I'm Karen Fuller with Hayden Be,
Gavey meteorologist, Scott Cove.
There is so much to talk about.
Where do we even begin now
that we have a potential other
through well day three heading
into the cleanup efforts,
Scott and unfortunately Day 4.
Especially heading into the nig,
into the morning,
hours of day five could be a problem,
could be a problem.
A lot of folks I know have some
storm PTSD understandably so.
So we're not going to hype this
and we're just going to share
the information as we see it as
meteorologist and help folks be prepared.
And yes, with that said,
the potential for some strong
storms exists tomorrow night ino
Wednesday and they could be sev.
And so let's get an update on
what we're tracking for you this morning,
60 right now in Water Rock as yu
wake up and begin your day and l
across Arkansas it's pretty mil.
Outside it's going to be a warm afternoon.
We had some.
Hours and storms move through overnight.
And where we saw that rain,
right now, we're seeing some fo.
As a result, that fog will lift,
the clouds will slowly but surely break up,
and we'll see some sunshine
later this afternoon.
It's going to be a warm and humid day.
In fact, 82 is our high tempera,
our winds S 5 to 15 mph,
sunrise not far away.
At 653, we turn our attention
to what could happen tomorrow,
a Level 3 potential from Fayetteville,
Texarkana, Water Rock and
Jonesboro everywhere in between.
This is where we're going to bet
favored to see some severe storms tomorrow.
Initially we'll see a couple of
super cells and it may just be
that it may just be one or two.
We're not looking at widespread coverage.
We're not looking at a whole
lot of super cells.
And then we'll have a front,
a cold front move through that'l
bring a better chance of rain,
maybe some thunderstorms and
severe weather in of itself.
So we'll talk about the timings,
we'll talk about the impacts
and what you need to know.
To be prepared.
You're coming up,
oh,
in about 13 minutes.
All right, Scott. Thank you.
And now let's check on the effot
to return power to the Arkansans
who still do not have it.
Crews in Arkansas and from
neighboring states are here
working to restore electricity.
This morning around 13,000
Arkansans are still without pow.
That is actually down from the nearly
28,000 from yesterday morning.
They're showing a little over
10,000 people in Pulaski County
who are still without power.
Now in hard hit cross counties t
still shows more than 2400 folks
who are still in the dark as we.
We will of course keep refreshig
this data throughout the morning
to bring you the very latest.
And now Lily Cummings is live in midtown
Little Rock near a reservoir and
Forge roads with more on the efs
to get that electricity restore.
Now with more on that effort,
here is Lily. As we discussed,
that's a very hard hit area
in Midtown Little Rock Lily.
Karen and Hayden, good morning to you both.
We came to this neighborhood specifically
because we wanted to show you jt
how much of a difference it maks
when you're just a street over.
I'm going to step out of the way here
so our photojournalist can show you all
that the street we are on has p.
These folks are waking up with r
in the comfort of their homes.
But so many this morning are no.
So many are in the dark.
So as you can see,
these homes have their lights o,
but if you look just a few streets over,
it's completely dark.
Now, of course, is the sun is finally.
To come up,
it is lighter than it was just,
you know, half an hour ago whene
spoke to you while it was pitch black.
Now Entergy Arkansas says to kep
a few important things in mind,
we're also working to replace at
of our poles with sturdier poled
some concrete poles so that our system
will be more resilient the nexte
a storm like this comes through.
We can't make it completely tornado proof,
but we hope to make it hardier.
So as we were saying Arkansas Energy,
Arkansas says that crews started
report restoring that power
to critical places first.
That's hospitals,
grocery stores, gas stations,
things of that nature.
So they also want to.
Let people know and and make pee
aware that with this incoming weather
that could impact the restorati.
They said you know,
our crews can't be out when it's
windy or rainy and things like ,
so that could impact things.
They also want to let people know that
there's still a lot of downed power lines.
So keep that in mind while you e
out and about to stay safe in te
areas and to just let these crews get
their work done so that these f,
these thousands of folks can get
their power back on reporting l.
Lily Cummings, THV 11 news.
They have been hard at work.
And will continue on this day
three after the storm on Friday.
Lily, thank you so much.
Th V11 has been with you all
weekend as the tornado cut thath
through North Little Rock, too.
And since then, people from all
over have been showing up to he.
Oftentimes in these tough situations,
you see old friends and family members
who do show up to lend a helping hand.
Just like former th V 11 anchor
Michael Aaron, who joins us.
He is back with th V 11 for a few days.
He has made his way to downtown
North Little Rock as we await
a news conference in the.
The next half hour, Michael.
Hey guys, good
morning. Yeah, we are expecting North
Little Rock City officials to provide
us another update here at 7:00 o'clock.
So here in just the next few minutes,
they have been busy.
School officials have been busy to the
North Little Rock School District remains
closed today as they try to transition
to this new normalcy, if you wi.
You might see the buses out running today.
That's because they are testing.
The routes to make sure that they are good
to go for a return to class tomorrow.
All schools should reopen by tomorrow with
the exception of Amboy Elementary School,
which is where we were just a
little bit earlier this morning.
In the heart of the hardest hit
area near MacArthur in military.
teachers and staff will be at school today.
This is a work day for them.
We heard Lily talking about powr
outages and the restoration effs
over in Little Rock.
Let's talk about those efforts here in
North Little Rock at the peak of outages.
North Little Rock says that 50.
16,000 of its city utility custs
were without power after that s.
The number was down to 5400 yesterday
and is likely even lower this morning
because crews have been working tirelessly
to get the lights back on for everyone,
but it could still be five to sn
days until all power is restore.
We just know that we're workings
quickly and as safely as we can,
and there will be areas that are
still going to have extended
outages for days to come.
Just due to the harder hit area,
officials here in North Little k
report one death related to the tornado.
That was an elderly man on Sonora Rd.
who had a heart attack and 1st
responders were unable to resuscitate
him or get him to the hospital in time.
So an unfortunate circumstance e
and they had fewer than 10 inju,
which is pretty remarkable
when you see the damage.
Here in North Little Rock,
also North Little Rock is under a curfew.
It was actually lifted at 6:00 o'clock
this morning after two nights on a curfew.
The City Council will meet for a special
meeting today where they are likely to
extend that curfew for several e
days in order to keep people clr
of the areas with the most dama.
Again, we are expecting a news
conference from North Little Rock City
officials at 7:00 o'clock this morning,
so just about 30 minutes away o,
and we'll let you know what haps
today on THV 11 news at noon.
For now, reporting live in North Little Rock,
I'm Michael Aaron.
We'll send it back to you guys.
So
good to see you once again, Mic.
I wish it was under better circumstances,
but thanks so much for making the way
back here to help us out and ret
that critical information. Thank you.
Damage is spread all across Arkansas.
Cabot one of the communities
hit by the storms.
Take a look at you can see somef
the structural damage in Cabot.
Buildings destroyed, trees snapd
and strewn about all across the area.
Many, many roofs have been torn off as well.
We know plenty of you are
looking for ways to lend a hand.
All you have to do is text the word give.
To 501-376-1111, we'll send youa
full list of things that you cao
for those who are impacted by t.
Again, just text the word give GI ve to
501-376-1111.