Severe storms pound Union County
**UPDATE** The Union County Sheriff’s Office is reporting today that no significant damage occurred during Friday night’s storms — just downed trees and some hail damage.
By JOHN WORTHEN
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Two rounds of powerful thunderstorms raked through Union County Friday evening, producing golfball-sized hail, heavy rain and high winds.
Officials with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, La., issued a tornado warning for Union County at approximately 10:08 p.m. after Doppler radar indicated a possible tornado moving into the Smackover area from Ouachita County.
Earlier in the night, a separate storm caused hail and wind damage to parts of the county, according to a spokesman for the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Large hail reportedly pierced the roof of Amercable’s headquarters on Industrial Road, and numerous trees were also down throughout parts of the county.
A clerk who answered the phone at the SUMAC Mart in Smackover said that many buildings and residences in that city were without power as of 10 p.m. Friday.