blocked roads. In Hemphill, a roof collapsed at an Ashley HomeStore and multiple roads were blocked by falling trees. A man was killed northeast of the town when a tree fell on him while he was sitting on a recliner in his home. Southeast of the city, trees fell on homes and blocked all exits in the McGee's Landing Area. East of Center, a tree and power lines fell on FM 417 and FM 2694. Following the storm, five people died in Southeast Texas in four separate incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of improperly-placed generators. One person in Newton County was also killed in the cleanup process. Mississippi Despite the reduced surge threat on the coast, Mississippi still faced the threat of tornadoes from the storm, especially on the western side of the state. A number of tornado warnings were issued for parts of the state starting on August 26 with an EF0 tornado confirmed in Oxford on August 27. Widespread flash flooding occurred across Jefferson Davis County. In Natchez, trees were blown down and a sign at an Autozone damaged six vehicles when it was blown down. A tree was also blown down on a house in Warrenton. Arkansas Laura entered Arkansas while still at tropical storm strength. Numerous tornado warnings were issued in Arkansas with eight tornadoes confirmed in the state, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded in the state during the month of August. A high-end EF1 tornado caused significant damage to a church in Lake City, though no one was hurt or injured. This same storm dropped another high-end EF1 tornado north of Brookland. A rare PDS tornado warning was also issued for this tornado. The storm then dropped its strongest tornado, which was rated low-end EF2, which damaged structures and homes southwest of Maynard. Widespread flash flood warnings were issued throughout the state. A wind gust was recorded just south of El Dorado, causing several trees and power lines to fall, two of which landed on houses. This caused many power outages in Union County. Numerous trees were downed in the Doddridge area, including one on US 71, causing numerous power outages. South of Bradley near the Louisiana/Arkansas state line, a tree fell on AR 29, blocking the road. AR 343 was shut down between Lewisville and AR 53 due to falling trees. Uprooted trees fell on power lines in Dermott and