Complex sentence: Particularly hard hit was the state of Arkansas where two of the deadliest tornadoes since records are kept, took place across White and Woodruff Counties with the town Judsonia being the worst hit area.
Split into simpler sentences: Particularly hard hit was the state of Arkansas where two of the deadliest tornadoes since records are kept occured. These struck White and Woodruff Counties with the town Judsonia being the worst hit area.