[2] As a result, a moderate risk of severe weather was issued by the Storm Prediction Center for eastern Oklahoma, southeast Kansas, southwest Missouri and western Arkansas.

Ahead of the storm, warm and moist air quickly moved northeast into Alabama, Georgia, eastern sections of Tennessee and parts of the Carolinas.

The strengthening winds and increased moisture helped create conditions favorable for the development of supercells that could produce strong tornadoes.

[8] The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk of severe weather for sections of the Tennessee Valley, Gulf Coast states and into the southern Appalachians region.

[9] As the system moved across the lower Ohio Valley area around the noon hour, a line of thunderstorms started to produce tornadoes in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee.

[15] One area of thunderstorms that evening produced a long-tracked tornado that moved from Grovetown, Georgia, through Augusta and ended in Ellenton, South Carolina.

[17] The storm system reached the Atlantic Coast during the early morning hours of April 11, producing one tornado in North Carolina.

A tornado touched down one minute later a few miles southwest of Mena and travelled north of Highway 59/71 into the western part of town.

[30] At 12:19 p.m. CDT (1719 UTC), a tornado touched down in extreme southwestern Rutherford County, Tennessee just north of Eagleville.

The volunteers were trained by Emergency Management Services to help first responders at disaster sites with the necessary heavy equipment to aide in relief work.

[37] During the passage of the dry line and cold front, very strong winds in central Oklahoma and northern Texas occurred behind the severe weather.

Wind gusts exceeded 60 miles per hour (97 km/h)[38] while dew points were in the 20s °F (below -2 °C) behind the dry line with temperatures reaching into the 80s °F (upper 20s °C).

[44] In South Carolina, one man was killed in a car accident after crashing into trees that had fallen into the roadway as severe weather created poor visibility.

[48] Two people from the Red Cross assisted victims of the tornado by providing tarps donated by a Lowe's store as well as flashlights and other supplies.

A mobile feeding operation provided meals for residents in De Queen, where a trailer park was destroyed by the inclement weather.

[52] Sixteen Nashville-area Lowe's stores served as donation sites for the Red Cross to assist people who have been affected by the tornado.

[55] Country singer Chris Young performed at Middle Tennessee State University for a tornado relief benefit.

[56] The Red Cross helped residents in Murfreesboro by serving nearly 15,000 meals and snacks, distributing nearly 4,000 cleanup and comfort kits, and provided counseling to more than 500 tornado victims and their families.