The first series of tornadoes touched down on April 2 across Oklahoma causing mostly minor damage to some structures.

At 3:52 PM, a supercell thunderstorm spawned a tornado over Cross Lake, north of Shreveport Regional Airport.

It was Louisiana's deadliest tornado since February 21, 1971, when 10 people were killed east of Delhi.

Weaker tornadoes (rated either F0 or F1) touched down across most of central and northern Arkansas into Missouri as well as in eastern Texas.

4 people in total were injured in two separate tornadoes near Ben and Mammoth Spring with isolated damage to some structures and also to trees and power lines.