The April 2022 North American storm complex affected much of the Rocky Mountains and the Midwestern United States with tornadoes, heavy snow, and gusty winds.

The system in general first began impacting the Northwest on April 11, before moving eastward into the Rocky Mountains the following day.

The warm side of the system also knocked power out to thousands in the South and produced 74 tornadoes, with the strongest being rated EF3, and very large hail as well.

The Storm Prediction Center, on their Day 2 Convective Outlook, introduced a large slight risk area, covering northeastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, much of Arkansas, southern portions of Missouri, and extreme western Kentucky and Tennessee.

A cold front positioned itself along much of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, on an area with elevated moisture, leading to the rise of moderate dew points, around 65 °F (18 °C).

The following day, the risk was increased to an enhanced level, with this new area of higher probabilites for severe weather being placed along north-central Arkansas and extreme eastern Oklahoma.

Given the presence of strong wind shear and CAPE values reaching 2500 J/kg in this area, a 10%, unhatched corridor for tornadoes was introduced, as the environment was poised to be more favorable for supercells to develop.

Several other EF1 tornadoes touched down in the area that afternoon and evening as well, one of which caused considerable damage to trees, mobile homes, and outbuildings near Scranton.

Later that day, a large and strong EF2 tornado caused major damage to homes near Gilmore City, Iowa, and destroyed multiple barns and farm implements, injuring one person.

In the southern threat area, a large high-end EF3 tornado destroyed multiple homes and two churches near the town of Salado, Texas, injuring 23 people.

Farther north, a damaging EF2 tornado struck the town of Taopi, Minnesota, where homes had roofs and exterior walls torn off, many trees were downed, cars were flipped, and two people were injured.

[5][6] This large, intense tornado first touched down north of Florence in Williamson County, Texas, just east of SH 195 and moved east-northeastward, initially only causing weak EF0 damage.

Due to all of them occurring from the same circulation and because each were on the ground within a short amount of time of each other, they were considered as part of the same tornado that originally touched down and the damage path reached its peak width in this area as a result.

After moving away from FM 2843 west of Salado, the tornado weakened back to EF2 intensity, causing significant tree damage and destroying some outbuildings.

The tornado then weakened back to EF1 intensity as it continued due-north, causing minor to moderate damage in the South Shore subdivision and Union Grove Park before lifting as it moved over Stillhouse Hollow Lake.

[106][108] Later that night in Louisiana, a large swath of damaging straight-line winds of up to 93 miles per hour (150 km/h) moved northeastward from northwest of Corinth through Bernice.

[127] On April 11, the Major League Baseball announced that the game between the Saint Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed and rescheduled for June 14.