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An aerial view of destroyed homes in the aftermath of a tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, Saturday.
Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023 - Wikipedia
A deadly and powerful tornado outbreak affected large portions of the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 2023.
At least 32 people were killed and over 200 injured.
The storms were the result of an extratropical cyclone that also produced blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest.
Approximately 28 million people were under tornado watches during the evening of March 31, including the Little Rock, St. Louis, Chicago, and Memphis metropolitan areas.
The National Weather Service issued multiple PDS tornado watches, concerning several lines of supercell thunderstorms. Many of which produced tornadoes, some of which have prompted the issuance of tornado emergencies and multiple mass casualty incidents.
At certain points of the outbreak, over 20 simultaneous tornado warnings were active. Severe and tornadic weather also affected the Northeastern United States on the afternoon on April 1, including a destructive tornado that caused a death in Sussex County, Delaware.
