Tornadoes Produce Catastrophic Damage, Prompt Search And Rescue Efforts

A residents embrace while evacuating their neighborhood after a large tornado damaged hundreds of homes and buildings on March 31, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Tornados damaged hundreds of homes and buildings Friday afternoon across a large part of Central Arkansas. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency after the catastrophic storms that hit on Friday afternoon. According to local reports, the storms killed at least three people. BENJAMIN KRAIN/ACCUWEATHER

Several large and destructive tornadoes tore through multiple states on Friday, prompting several tornado emergencies and the evacuation of one National Weather Service office.

The tornadoes were part of a larger system that wreaked havoc from Arkansas to Iowa and Illinois and moved into Tennessee by the evening.