4-5 Apr Severe Outbreak

The most recent outbreak of severe weather over the eastern US was one of the larger ones on record.  The featured map presents the time composite maximum base reflectivity of NEXRAD along with the tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings issued.  The deep south is nearly completely covered with both.  The main severe weather mode was damaging winds and a number of tornadoes were reported as well.  There are 733 warnings shown on this map!