The tornado outbreak of March 12, 2006
55 tornadoesMissouri, Illinois, Arkansas and 2 more states
55 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 12:41 AM and 11:43 PM CST, 8 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 8 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 12, 2006
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 55
- 61st of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 8
- 1 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 8
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 154
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 732
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:41 AM to 11:43 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 2006 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.