FORT SMITH -- More severe weather is possible across the River Valley and Northwest Arkansas through Thursday afternoon.
The National Weather Service in Tulsa, Okla., reported there was a slight risk of severe storms for all of eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas by late Tuesday afternoon. The affected counties in Arkansas include Sebastian, Crawford, Washington, Benton and Carroll counties.
Kendall Beam, Sebastian County Emergency Management director, said about 6:15 p.m. Monday the county had seen heavy wind, with a "tornado rotation" having gone over the county's Emergency Operations Center at 8400 S. Zero St. in Fort Smith.
Golf ball-sized hail was also reported in Fort Smith, although there have been reports of larger-sized hail out in the county. This included baseball-sized hail in Lavaca, which resulted in damage to vehicles.
Beam said the only result from the severe weather in Sebastian County was the hail damage to vehicles and roofs. He said the center is waiting for the results of the incoming weather.
According to the power outage map on Oklahoma Gas & Electric's website, roughly 2,305 customers experienced power outages due to the severe weather. The outages on Monday were from Lavaca to Scranton. As of Tuesday afternoon 600 Arkansas Valley Electric Coop customers were without power in Crawford County, 124 in Franklin County and 24 in Johnson County. There were also 18 Southwestern Electric Power Co. customer without power Tuesday afternoon, as well.
Several Arkansas counties including Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian were under a tornado warning Monday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and remained under a tornado watch until 11 p.m.
The National Weather Service stated that severe thunderstorms across Eastern Oklahoma to Northwest and West Central Arkansas remain possible Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning. A weather alert stated that any storm that develops has the potential for hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.
The National Weather Service added that the severe weather threat should clear by early to mid afternoon on Wednesday, with another storm likely this weekend.