page_title: Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014
hierarchical_section_title: Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014
caption_attribution_description: English: Original text from the NNVL&#160;– In chronological order, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana reported tornado sightings to the NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center on April 27, 2014. In Arkansas, the towns of Vilonia and Mayflower and the surrounding areas are reporting widespread devastation. This image was taken at 2345Z on April 27, 2014, around an hour before the tornado reports from Mayflower and Vilonia. The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a widespread severe weather outbreak Monday afternoon, April 28, 2014, into Monday night across portions of the southern and eastern U.S. The greatest potential - where SPC has outlined a Moderate Risk - is across the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. Widespread severe storms - including strong tornadoes, damaging winds and very large hail are expected.
context_page_description: The tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014 was a relatively widespread, damaging and deadly tornado outbreak that struck the central and southern United States in late April 2014. The storm complex responsible for the outbreak produced multiple long-track tornadoes – seven were deadly, causing 35 fatalities. One additional death occurred in Florida, due to severe flooding associated with this system.
  This event was the first major tornado outbreak to hit the United States in 2014; it covered a large swath from Nebraska to Louisiana, Illinois to Florida, and Oklahoma to North Carolina. This system affected millions in the Northeastern United States on April 30, causing significant, damaging floods in Maryland and flash flood advisories as far north as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and NYC's metropolitan area and suburbs.
context_section_description: The tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014 was a relatively widespread, damaging and deadly tornado outbreak that struck the central and southern United States in late April 2014. The storm complex responsible for the outbreak produced multiple long-track tornadoes – seven were deadly, causing 35 fatalities. One additional death occurred in Florida, due to severe flooding associated with this system.
  This event was the first major tornado outbreak to hit the United States in 2014; it covered a large swath  from Nebraska to Louisiana, Illinois to Florida, and Oklahoma to North Carolina. This system affected millions in the Northeastern United States on April 30, causing significant, damaging floods in Maryland and flash flood advisories as far north as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and NYC's metropolitan area and suburbs.
caption: GOES 13 image of the storm complex and associated supercells at 2345 UTC on April 27
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