section_path: April/April 2–7 (United States)
section_name: April 2–7 (United States)
paragraph_text: April 2–7 (United States)
  
  A slow-moving weather system resulted in both a devastating tornado outbreak as well as historic life-threatening flash floodings throughout the Southern and Midwestern United States from April 2–7, spawning 156 tornadoes in total.On April 2, a large, multiple-vortex EF3 tornado moved through Lake City, Arkansas, prompting a tornado emergency for the area. Nobody was killed although eight were injured. Additionally, one person was killed by an EF2 tornado that passed through Delta, Missouri. On April 3, a destructive EF3 tornado devastated Selmer, Tennessee, killing five people. Soon after, a second tornado emergency was issued as a long-track EF3 tornado struck Slayden, Mississippi before crossing the state line into Grand Junction, Tennessee, killing two people. Relatively low tornado activity would continue through April 7 when the outbreak subsided, although an EF2 tornado on April 6 killed one person in a mobile home near Stringer, Mississippi. Overall, nine tornadic fatalities occurred as a result of this outbreak, with many more being killed by the devastating flooding that accompanied it.