A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_31_–_April_1,_2023" id="mwAYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023">historic tornado outbreak</a> occurs in the American Midwest and its northern South<sup about="#mwt110" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_31#cite_note-19" id="mwAYE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYI">[19]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt114" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_31#cite_note-20" id="mwAYM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYQ">[20]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"><cite about="#mwt107" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFUS_Department_of_Commerce">US Department of Commerce, NOAA. <a class="external text" href="https://www.weather.gov/ilx/TornadoEvent_3-31-23" id="mwCTE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"March 31, 2023 Tornado Event"</a>. <i id="mwCTI">www.weather.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCTM">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCTQ">21 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt107" class="Z3988" id="mwCTU" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=www.weather.gov&amp;rft.atitle=March+31%2C+2023+Tornado+Event&amp;rft.aulast=US+Department+of+Commerce&amp;rft.aufirst=NOAA&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.weather.gov%2Filx%2FTornadoEvent_3-31-23&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+31"></span></span>