Tornado outbreak of April 28-May 1, 2023

The April 28-30, 2023 tornado outbreak was a significant storm complex that impacted the Southern Plains states in late April, 2023 and produced the deadliest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas were impacted, with most tornadoes touching down between Austin, Texas and Oklahoma City. The EF5 tornado which impacted northeastern Texas in the evening of April 30 would prove to be the deadliest individual tornado in world history, with a death toll more than three times higher than that of the Tri-State Tornado of 1925. A high-end EF4 tornado would be responsible for an additional 20 fatalities in Alexandria, Louisiana on May 1.