Weather.com - 4/12/13
Residents survey the damage near Madisonville, Tenn. on Friday, April 12, 2013 after a possible tornado. (AP Photo/J. Miles Cary, Knoxville News Sentinel)
Families from the Midwest to the Southeast will spend the weekend cleaning up after the first potent severe weather system of the season dropped tornadoes in at least six states.
The dangerous weather began Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service confirms at least two tornadoes hit north central Arkansas Wednesday. At least 30 homes and businesses were damaged in Van Buren county. Five people were hurt.
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