( CNN ) -- People in the central United States suffered through more severe weather Thursday -- in the form of torrential rain , golf-ball-size hail and damaging winds , including a few reported tornadoes -- and braced for even more storms . Tornado warnings were issued at one point or another Thursday afternoon for portions of Arkansas , Illinois , Kentucky , Wisconsin and Oklahoma . Just 10 days ago , Oklahoma was in the cross hairs of a powerful tornado that left 24 dead . Such warnings go out when witnesses or radar indicate a tornado . The National Weather Service , in fact , noted there were reports of tornadoes in at least seven communities in western Arkansas -- as far west as Polk , as far south as Garland County , and as far north as Oden . At least nine people statewide suffered injuries -- four minor ones in Oden , three in Clark County and two hurt by a lightning strike in Benton County -- state emergency management spokesman Tommy Jackson told CNN . No details were immediately available on the conditions of any of those injured . Two homes were destroyed in the small community of Oden , about 50 miles west of Hot Springs , according to Jackson . The weather service noted , too , that power lines were knocked down and Highway 88 was blocked at one point . Three houses were reportedly damaged and three people were injured , around the small Clark County town of Amity , according to the same agency . Tornadoes also were reported in north-central Oklahoma -- including in and around Perkins and Ripley , which is about 10 miles east . Shortly after 3 p.m. ( 4 p.m . ET ) , the National Weather Service tweeted that a tornado `` may be developing ... south of Perkins , '' which is about 50 miles northeast of Oklahoma City . Minutes later , a new message stated there had been a `` brief tornado '' reported that had `` dissipated . '' Later Thursday night , a tornado was reported in Broken Arrow , which is about 15 miles southeast of Tulsa . There are personnel on the scene , but officials have no confirmed reports of damage from the incident , Tulsa County emergency management official Kaitlyn Cross said . The threat , and impact , of severe weather extended well beyond Arkansas and Oklahoma . Tornado watches -- which means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form , though one has n't necessarily touched down -- at one time extended through an eight-state stretch extending from Texas north to Michigan . The weather service , for example , noted that a tornado was reported Thursday evening in Prophetstown , Illinois , though it 's not know if it caused any damage . With or without confirmed funnel clouds , these storms packed a wallop . The weather service 's Tulsa office , for instance , noted one line of thunderstorms could also pack 70-mph wind gusts . Oklahoma weather experts also noted reports of half-dollar-size hail . Flooding was the problem in places like Coffeyville , Kansas , where police rescued people from 16 vehicles in a 1Â½-hour stretch on Thursday afternoon after they got trapped due to intense flooding , fire department Capt . Wayne Joplin said . Water in the streets went up to cars ' headlights , if not higher , after `` torrential rain '' fell on ground already saturated by storms the previous night . `` The gutters and our storm system could n't handle it , '' the captain said . `` I 've lived here since 1979 , and I 've never seen that much rain that quick , '' Joplin told CNN . Even once night sets in Thursday , that does n't mean everyone can breathe easy . The weather service 's Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a moderate chance of severe weather in parts of Oklahoma , Nebraska , Arkansas and Missouri on Friday . The forecast is less dire Saturday , but on Sunday parts of the Northeast could be in danger . The Storm Prediction Center says there is a 30 % or higher probability for severe thunderstorms Sunday in parts of seven states , including the cities of Scranton , Pennsylvania ; Springfield , Massachusetts ; and of the New York cities of Syracuse , Albany and Elmira . CNN 's Carma Hassan and Joe Sutton contributed to this report .
NEW : A tornado is reported outside Tulsa ; an official says no confirmed damage . At one point , tornado watches and warnings extended from Texas to Michigan . 9 are injured in Arkansas -- including 2 struck by lightning -- an official says . There could be even more severe weather on Friday , the weather service notes .