Additionally, two intense tornadoes impacted Greater San Antonio, Texas, on April 28, killing three people and injuring 20 altogether.
A sixth one formed over Iowa on May 1 and moved eastward into Illinois with a cold front dropping southwestward all the way into Texas.
There was also extensive destruction and damage to many other structures and property nearby with debris being hurled high into the air and scattered a 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) or more away from the path of the tornado.
Hail as large as golf balls also accompanied the tornado, although the damage it caused was indistinguishable to the total losses.
It obliterated a frame home near its touchdown point, killing the two women inside, with one of the bodies being thrown over 100 yd (91 m).
[11][12][33][13][40] A squall line produced an 18 mi (29 km) long path of straight-line winds in Meigs and McMinn Counties, causing widespread damage.
Rainfall peaked at 10 inches (250 mm) in Leesville while New Orleans saw heavy wind damage as trees, signs, and power and telephone lines were blown down.
60 miles per hour (97 km/h) winds caused widespread tree and powerline damage and 50 families were evacuated from Jackson due to flooding.
In Vicksburg, the site of a massive F5 tornado in December later that year, 7.25 inches (184 mm) of rain fell in only eight hours, leaving much of the region flooded out.
Winds and heavy rain also caused damage in other parts of Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, which recorded up to 82 miles per hour (132 km/h), central and northern Illinois, and Alabama into April 30.
Heavy rainfall and winds in Columbia, South Carolina led to several indirect injuries due to vehicle accidents while strong winds in Franklin, Indiana ripped a roof off of a packing plant and slammed it against a dwelling, injuring two of its occupants.
A squall line moved throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic at the beginning of May, bringing more damage due to wind, hail, heavy rain, and flooding across the region.
It was rumored that airman named Vince Rupert, an amateur cinematographer, was the one who captured it before being killed by flying debris.