What surprising me is that these storms seem a little far north for this time of year. Usually we in the Deep South get this weather this time of year. I know because 3/15-4/15 I am always in "stay in touch with the weather" mode. We have yet to see a storm like this as of this year. Seems like the midwest is usually prone to these storms more like May to June.
I am sure it is due to the unseasonably warm weather as it was 85 degrees here today, about 10 degree above norm.
Last year Oklahoma set a record for no tornadoes at all anywhere in the state for the month of...May, I think.
You get patterns that set up that move stuff around. There's been a lot less stuff in the classic dryline areas of Central TX, Central OK the last couple of years, more in MO.
Drives the chasers crazy because MO is a bad, bad state to drive after tornadoes in, from what I gather.