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Residents of areas affected by current tornado outbreak are advised to seek information from the respective authorities.

As of 1:00 am CDT (1800 UTC), PDS tornado watches are in effect for parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. This is an extremely dangerous situation.

April 6-7, 2006 Tornado Outbreak

Date of tornado outbreak:

April 6-present, 2006

Duration¹:

ongoing

Maximum rated tornado²:

F? tornado

Tornadoes caused:

21 reported

Damages:

Not yet available

Fatalities:

Areas affected:

Central U.S. - Eastern U.S. region

¹Time from first tornado to last tornado
²Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

The April 6-7, 2006 Tornado Outbreak is a developing major tornado outbreak in the Central United States that began on April 6, 2006 and is currently underway.

It is the third major outbreak of 2006, hot on the heels of a major outbreak on April 2.

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a high risk for severe weather for April 7. Conditions are favorable for an extremely strong tornado outbreak.

Activity was not as great as expected on April 6, with only 21 tornadoes reported, mostly in Kansas. Several were reported to have been damaging, but no fatalities and only a few injuries were reported.

The main area of concern on April 7 is across the South Central United States, from the Ohio Valley south to the Gulf of Mexico and from the lower Mississippi Valley to Georgia.

1 Reported tornadoes
- 1.1 April 6 event
- 1.2 April 7 event
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Reported tornadoes

[edit] April 6 event

F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Damage
Oklahoma
F?	SW of Pawhuska	Osage	2049	Brief touchdown in the Osage Nation.
F?	N of Enterprise	Haskell, McIntosh	0024	Tornado touched down in the Eufaula Lake area. Damage reported to the Eufaula Dam.
Kansas
F?	SW of Manchester	Ottawa	2100	Brief touchdown reported.
F?	SE of Bennington	Saline	2103	Tornado touched down in a rural area, destroying at least one outbuilding.
F?	Manchester	Dickinson	2111	Touchdown reported in the town. Damage unknown.
F?	Clay Center area	Clay	2114	Long tracked tornado through Clay County. Damage reported to several houses.
F?	Palmer	Washington	2204	Tornado caught in the south part of Washington County.
F?	Hanover area	Washington	2230	Debris cloud visible. Tornado on ground for 5 minutes.
F?	NW of Marysville	Marshall	2234	Tornado reported coming in and out of the clouds.
F?	S of Independence	Montgomery	2255	Large tornado reported in the area.
F?	W of Dennis	Labette	2320	Brief touchdown reported.
F?	W of Chetopa	Labette	0014	Severe damage reported in a mobile home park. At least three people were injured.
Nebraska
F?	Beatrice	Gage	2251	Reported to be a large and dangerous multiple vortex tornado.
Missouri
F?	NE of Asbury	Jasper	0055	Large and dangerous tornado being reported in the area. Damage has been reported.

[edit] April 7 event

F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Damage
Tennessee
F?	SW of McKenzie	Carroll	1737	Tornado sighted by local spotters.
F?	N of Camden	Benton	1745	Reported by county highway department. Unconfirmed tornado.
F?	Parker's Cross Roads	Henderson	1833	Tornado spotted on the ground.