Tornado outbreak of April 12, 2022

The tornado outbreak sequence of April 12, 2022 was a short-lived but damaging tornado outbreak that primarily affected Nebraska and western Iowa in the afternoon of April 12, 2022. The outbreak produced the first violent tornado in Nebraska in the month of April since 1978 and the first deadly tornado in the state since 2018. Damaging flash floods also occurred as a result of the storm complex. The outbreak gained attention from meteorologists due to its unusual location and timing; there is generally little severe weather activity in the northern Great Plains in the month of April. The two strong tornadoes produced by the outbreak, rated EF3 and EF4, also allowed meteorologists to examine in almost unprecedented detail the effects of tornadic winds on houses of moderate construction.