8: The number of inches of snow that fell in Massachusetts and New Hampshire April 1. It was nature's April Fools' Day prank on residents of the Northeast as heavy, wet snow caused power outages across the region.

44: The number of people killed in a tornado outbreak from April 14-16. At the time, the outbreak was considered one of the top 10 worst in the history of the United States. Two weeks later, that would change significantly.

15: States that had tornadoes in the first outbreak. From Oklahoma to North Carolina, people were killed in violent storms spawned by copious amounts of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico meeting cooler air in the jet stream.

1,000: The number of people evacuated from homes in Poplar Bluff, Mo. When the Black River overran and then breached a levee protecting a portion of the town, residents were forced to flee until flooding subsided April 26.

61: The water level at Cairo, Ill., in feet, that prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to destroy the Birds Point levee in Missouri. When the Ohio River topped a 1937 flood stage record April 30, the Corps of Engineers prepared to destroy the levee.

130,000: The number of acres flooded by the intentional breach of the Birds Point levee. As many as 230 people were evacuated from Mississippi County, Mo., to accommodate the water.

305: The preliminary estimate on the number of tornadoes during the super outbreak April 25-28, in Mississippi and Alabama. The previous record for most tornadoes in a three-day span was 148 set back in 1974.

3: The preliminary number of EF5 tornadoes associated with the late April outbreak. EF5 tornadoes are the most powerful and rarest of them all, with wind speeds of over 200 mph.

326: The fatalities involved with the three-day record outbreak. As many as 65 were people were killed between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Ala., alone when a tornado was on the ground for 80 miles.

236: The number of fatalities in Alabama alone from the deadly outbreak in late April. Some people were killed by falling debris. Others were killed even in homes with solid foundations. Some victims were left without parents as young children were some of the only survivors of the massive storms in some households.