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John Robinson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Little Rock, said it's also likely tornadoes hit the Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Ark., as well as in Garland and Polk counties. "It wouldn't surprise me if it were 10 or 12 tornadoes," Robinson said. Flooding also took its toll on the state. In northwestern Arkansas' Madison County, emergency management coordinator Lori McConnell said a man and a woman died after floodwaters swept their car off the road. In neighboring Washington County, sheriff's spokesman Kelly Cantrell said a woman died when her vehicle was swept off Arkansas 265 in the southern part of the county. The woman's 11-year-old son survived. Cantrell said the sheriff's office had performed more than 10 water rescues during the day
-- from homes and vehicles. "It rained so hard and the water rose pretty quickly, it caught a lot of people off guard," Cantrell said. "When we were driving down of one of the state highways after the water had receded, sections of it were buckled up and the road was missing." Gov. Mike Beebe declared a state of emergency, retroactive to April 19, when another series of violent storms moved through Arkansas. Beebe plans to tour affected areas Tuesday.
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