The tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006
67 tornadoesIllinois, Iowa, Tennessee and 4 more states
67 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 3:47 PM and 10:30 PM CDT, 6 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 27 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 2, 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
- 67
- 33rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 6
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 27
- 37th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 348
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 348
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 3:47 PM to 10:30 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 2006 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days · The day’s damaging winds
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.