Tornado outbreak and floods of April 2–7, 2025
United States tornado outbreak and flash flood event
From April 2–7, 2025, a slow-moving weather system and a stationary front caused both a widespread and devastating tornado outbreak and historic, life-threatening flash flooding across much of the Southern and Midwestern United States.
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) began monitoring the Mississippi Valley and surrounding regions on March 28 for the potential of future severe weather, eventually issuing a rare high risk for April 2, just weeks after a historic tornado outbreak in the same general area. Later that day, a tornado struck Owasso, Oklahoma, causing damage to homes. An EF1 tornado struck Nevada, Missouri, removing roofs from homes and injuring at least one person. An EF2 tornado struck Pilot Grove, Missouri, destroying a manufactured home and tossing cars. The tornado sirens in the town did not sound due to a malfunction, though no one was hurt. A large, multiple-vortex EF3 tornado moved through the city of Lake City in Arkansas, prompting a tornado emergency issuance. An indirect fatality occurred after an EF2 tornado struck Advance and Delta in Missouri, leaving significant damage to homes. In the early morning hours of April 3, an EF3 tornado struck Selmer, Tennessee, killing three people within the city and two others in surrounding McNairy County. Another supercell produced another EF3 tornado near Slayden, Mississippi, prompting the issuance of another tornado emergency.
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