( CNN ) -- Severe weather brought damaging winds across much of eastern North Carolina , officials said Friday evening . `` It 's dark , rainy and dangerous , and the roads are flooded , '' Julia Jarema , a North Carolina Division of Emergency Management spokeswoman , told CNN . Numerous tornado warnings and watches were in effect for Beaufort , Edgecombe , Greene , Halifax , Martin , Pitt and Wayne counties over the course of Friday afternoon and evening , the National Weather Service warned . There were unconfirmed reports of tornadoes . `` There are no reports of any injuries in any of the counties , '' said Jarema . Tornadoes , hail and high winds may break out in the central and southern Plains this weekend before moving eastward into the Mississippi River Valley and Southeast early next week . There 's a slight risk of this severe weather Saturday in south Nebraska , central and east Kansas , west Texas and most of Oklahoma , CNN meteorologists reported . On Sunday , there 's a moderate chance of that weather in northeast Texas , southwest Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma . Little Rock , Arkansas , for example , has a 70 % chance of severe thunderstorms Sunday night , with 1 to 2 inches of rain possible , according to the National Weather Service . On Monday , the weather system will move east into the lower Mississippi and Tennessee River valleys , CNN meteorologists reported . The chance of rain is 80 % Sunday night in St. Louis , the weather service said . Nashville will see a 70 % to 80 % chance of rain Sunday night to Monday night , with the possibility of 25-mph winds . Folks in Memphis , Tennessee , should keep their umbrellas handy : The chance of rain is 60 % to 70 % Sunday through Tuesday . On Tuesday , the storms are expected to spread across the Southeast and affect Atlanta , New Orleans , Birmingham , Alabama , and Louisville , Kentucky . The weather service foresees a 60 % to 70 % chance of rain in Birmingham and Atlanta , but no high winds are predicted . CNN 's Suzanne Presto contributed to this report .
NEW : Damaging winds bring tornado warnings across eastern North Carolina . Severe weather system to start in Plains , expected to move east . Little Rock , Arkansas , has a 70 % chance of severe thunderstorms Sunday night . Nashville also may see 25-mph winds .