MEMPHIS, Tenn. — People living in Jonesboro are being put under a curfew after a tornado tore through the area on Saturday afternoon.
In a tweet from Arkansas State University, the city says it will begin at 7 p.m.
Jeff Presley with Jonesboro E-911 says six people are in the hospital with minor injuries but crews are still doing door-to-door searches.
Presley says the eastern part of the city has the most damage.
The National Weather Services of Little Rock confirmed it touched down just before 5:30 on Saturday afternoon, showing a video of the storm on Twitter.
A person who lives in Jonesboro spoke with a WREG staffer over the phone and described the city as ‘gone.’
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has been tracking the situation. He took to twitter to declare a special day of prayer due to the disaster.
WREG has a crew on the way to the scene.