Tornado outbreak of April 29-30, 2023

The Tornado outbreak of April 29-30 outbreak was a major tornado outbreak that impacted portions of the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys on April 29 and into the early morning hours of April 30. The outbreak produced a total of 57 tornadoes, five of which were killers, resulting in nine fatalities. The most significant storm of the outbreak was a supercell that spawned several strong tornadoes across extreme northeastern Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel, including two tornadoes that were destructive enough to be rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.