The tornado outbreak of April 7, 2006
47 tornadoesAlabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and 3 more states
47 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 12:40 PM and 12:44 AM the next day CDT, 2 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 10 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 7, 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
- 47
- 89th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 2
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 10
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 141
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 171
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:40 PM to 12:44 AM the next day
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight 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.