At least two tornadoes spun through eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas on Friday, part of a system of severe weather that threatened to bring large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding from the southern Plains to the Southeast through the weekend.

One tornado was confirmed in Vian, Oklahoma, a small town of more than 1,300 people, said Michael Bowlan, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. Another was confirmed to have swept near the cities of Alma and Van Buren in western Arkansas, he said.

About 46 homes were severely damaged or destroyed after the tornado carved its way through Van Buren, a city of more than 24,000 residents near the Oklahoma state line, said Travis Cooper, an emergency management director in Sebastian County, Arkansas, who was assisting with the response. There were power outages and downed trees, he said.

There were no injuries, Cooper said. Residents in the area usually use mobile apps to track tornado threats, and evacuate or take shelter in inner rooms as needed, he said.

— The New York Times