section_path: April/April 17–20 (United States)
section_name: April 17–20 (United States)
paragraph_text: April 17–20 (United States)
  
  A four-day outbreak of tornadoes took place from April 17–20 across the Midwest and parts of the South as a slow-moving upper-level trough moved through the region. On April 17, an intense tornado touched down northeast of Bennington, Nebraska, producing low-end EF3 damage before later causing additional damage in Nashville. Additionally, a very large high-end EF1 tornado prompted the issuance of a tornado emergency for the city of Essex, Iowa. Tornado activity remained relatively low for the remainder of the outbreak, though a high-end EF1 tornado killed one and injured two as it destroyed homes in the town of Spaulding, Oklahoma on April 20. This was the only fatality of the outbreak.