By msnbc.com staff, weather.com and news services
Updated at 5:21 a.m. ET: A line of "strong to severe storms" that could feature tornadoes pushed through?parts of?Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama early Monday,?Weather.com reported.
Tornadoes were also spotted in Arkansas on Sunday night, but there were no reports of any injuries.
"Some segments within the long line of storms can contain a short-lived, rain-wrapped tornado," Weather.com warned on its website at 5:15 a.m. ET.
Forecasters said?Monday's storms could?feature "damaging winds in excess of 50 mph, heavy downpours and frequent lightning."
Published at 4:47 a.m. ET: Twisters downed trees and power lines in Arkansas leaving thousands without?electricity late Sunday, as forecasters warned that tornadoes and heavy storms could mete out damage to several southeast states into Monday.
The National Weather Service said it received reports of possible tornadoes in Arkansas, Dallas, Lonoke, Prairie and Cleveland counties Sunday night. The storms also brought hail and strong winds as they moved through parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois and Mississippi.
A tornado tore into an area outside of Fordyce, some 70 miles south of state capital Little Rock at around 8:00 p.m. local time, damaging houses and felling trees and power lines as it moved, according to Accuweather.com.
An official at Dallas County sheriff's department told Reuters that emergency responders rescued a woman after she become trapped in her home. No injuries were reported.
Accuweather carried reports of five other twisters touching the ground in Arkansas, which was pelted by softball-sized hailstones and buffeted by winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour.
The storms were part of a system threatening parts of the South and Midwest overnight. A tornado watch was in effect for parts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee early Monday.
National Weather Service forecaster Marlene Mickelson in Memphis, Tenn., told The Associated Press that the Memphis area had some damage from winds that reached 60 to 70 mph.
Funnel clouds were spotted within 20 miles of Little Rock, according to a national weather service alert, which also issued a flood advisory for the city.
Roughly 13,400 homes were without power across Arkansas as the storms intensified, according to utility provider Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
Msnbc.com, Weather.com, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.??
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