( CNN ) -- At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening , savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead . `` There 's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area , '' said John Lewis , a senior forecaster with the weather service at the North Little Rock Airport . At least four people were hurt , authorities said , but there were no reports of fatalities . `` We went into our shelter , '' Lewis said . `` We could hear it ... go by . '' The storm destroyed hangars at the North Little Rock Airport and tossed numerous small planes . The forecasters spent about three minutes in their shelter . `` The scariest moment of my life , '' said Mike Aubrey , who was at the airport securing his plane ahead of the storm . `` Debris was flying across the ramp . Planes were beginning to stack up . '' Aubrey said he saw a Douglas DC-3 , an early passenger plane , spin around . The aircraft was nowhere to be found after the tornado passed , he said . The damage extended from southwest of Little Rock to the northeast . `` There 's some structural damage in the city of Little Rock and several areas north of North Little Rock , '' said John Rehrauer , spokesman for the Pulaski County Sheriff 's Department . `` A lot of trees and power lines are down . '' The same storm also caused damage in southwestern Little Rock and the town of Benton , Lewis said . It also pummeled the Hurricane Lake Mobile Home Park in Saline County , about 12 miles southwest of Little Rock . Watch how tornado scares residents » . More than 50 mobile homes caught fire at the mobile home park , according to CNN affiliate KARK-TV . One witness told the TV station that he escaped with his fiancee and two children after he saw the storm moving toward them . `` It 's scary , it 's like a war zone , '' he told KARK-TV as a large fire burned behind them . `` There 's like five or six trailers topped up on top of each other . It 's a mess , it 's terrible . '' Saline County spokesman Gary Hunnicutt there were reports of damage the Hurricane Meadows subdivision in Benton , with another 20 homes damaged in the western part of Saline County . A few miles northeast of Benton , the dashboard camera of a Bryant Police Department patrol car recorded an apparent tornado slashing through the parking lot of a car dealership . The swirling winds snap a wooden power pole as sparks and debris fill the air . Watch coverage of tornado » . The weather service tracked severe storms across central Arkansas into early Friday morning . Heavy rains prompted flash flood warnings in about 20 counties . Several swift-water rescues were reported across the state as people became trapped in their vehicles by rising waters , Arkansas Emergency Management Department spokeswoman Renee Preslar said . E-mail to a friend .
The storm hit parts of Saline County , about 12 miles west of Little Rock . A tornado touched down in the town of Mount Olive and then moved into a neighborhood near downtown where it caused extensive damage to homes and businesses. At least four people were reported injured .