Over a 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. EDT April 3, the National Weather Service issued 728 severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings combined, third most of any 24-hour period since 1986 ...

Damage surveys may continue for the next few days so those tornado tallies could tick higher. In addition to the tornadoes, there were over 860 reports of large hail, severe thunderstorm wind ...