The April 2, 2006 tornado
F3Dyer County, Tennessee
An F3 tornado on a 18.0-mile path that killed 16 and injured 70. It was one of 67 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 6 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happened Part of the outbreak of April 2, 2006: 67 tornadoes in 7 statesF3 tornado · April 2, 2006
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F3
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 18.0 mi
- Width up to 880 yards
- Killed
- 16
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 70
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Sunday, April 2, 2006
- 6:32 PM CST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
A tornado spawned from the same parent supercell that produced damaging tornadoes west of the Mississippi River moved across Dyer County during the evening of April 2nd. The most affected areas were Millsfield, Maxey, and Newbern. The F3 tornado resulted in sixteen fatalities and 70 injuries. Seventy-one homes were destroyed and one hundred eighty-two were damaged.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Other notable tornadoes that day
- F3, Gibson County6 killed
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.