List of tornadoes in the April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak

This is a list of the tornadoes which occurred during the April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak.

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73 41 25 5 2 0 0

April 6 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Oklahoma
F0 SW of Pawhuska Osage 2049 unknown Brief touchdown in the Osage Nation. No damage was reported.
F1 W of Chetopa (KS) Craig, Labette (KS), Cherokee (KS) 0005 12 miles
(20 km)
Severe damage reported in a mobile home park, which was determined to be inadequately protected against such weak tornadoes. Several mobile homes were heavily damaged as a result. 12 people suffered minor injuries as a result.
F0 N of Enterprise Haskell 0018 unknown Tornado briefly observed on Eufaula Lake just west of the Eufaula Dam. No damage was reported.
Kansas
F1 SE of Bennington Saline, Ottawa 2054 2.5 miles
(4 km)
Tornado touched down in a rural area, destroying an outbuilding and knocking down power poles.
F1 Manchester Dickinson 2103 2.5 miles
(4 km)
Touchdown reported near the town, damaging several outbuildings and sheds and flipping a mobile home.
F0 E of Longford Clay 2112 0.5 mile
(800 m)
Damage limited to a few trees.
F0 NE of Longford Clay 2114 0.5 mile
(800 m)
Three outbuildings damaged as well as a few trees.
F1 Clay Center area Clay 2140 9 miles
(15 km)
Long tracked tornado through Clay County. Tornado up to 1/2 mile (800 m) wide at times. Damage reported to several houses along with numerous outbuildings.
F2 Hanover area Washington, Gage (NE) 2220 17 miles
(28 km)
Moderate to heavy damage reported in the area, primarily to four houses along the US 36 corridor. Several houses were damaged and one was destroyed. Spectacular debris clouds spotted.
F1 Waco (MO) area Cherokee, Jasper (MO) 0046 5 miles
(8 km)
Large tornado reported. Damage mainly to outbuildings.
Nebraska
F0 Adams Gage 2300 6 miles
(9.6 km)
Secondary tornado in the area adjacent to the Hanover tornado. Damage reported to several farm buildings.
Arkansas
F0 SW of Marble Falls Newton 0255 1.7 miles
(2.8 km)
Minimal damage limited to a few trees.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 04/06, Omaha NWS office Tulsa office Wichita office Topeka office, Little Rock office, Springfield office, National Climatic Data Center

April 7 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Tennessee
F0 N of Camden Benton 1740 1.1 miles
(1.8 km)
Minor damage to several houses. Trees were uprooted in the area.
F0 NW of Waverly Humphreys 1805 0.2 mile
(300 m)
Two houses suffered minor damage.
F0 NE of Waverly Humphreys 1810 0.2 mile
(300 m)
Damage reported to trees, a barn and several outbuildings.
F3 Charlotte area Dickson, Cheatham 1830 19 miles
(31 km)
Part of the North Nashville area supercell - See section on this tornado.
F2 Clarksburg area Henderson, Carroll 1834 9 miles
(15 km)
Dozens of buildings suffered significant damage, including 15 houses that were destroyed. Five people were injured.
F1 Sardis Henderson 1840 4 miles
(6.5 km)
Damage limited to extensive tree and power line damage.
F2 S of Camden Benton 1853 6 miles
(9.6 km)
Major roof damage reported to several houses, plus extensive tree damage.
F1 W of Hurricane Mills Humphreys 1905 4.5 miles
(7 km)
Heavy damage to one house, plus several mobile homes were destroyed. Considerable tree damage as well.
F3 Gallatin area Davidson, Sumner 1908 23 miles
(37 km)
9 deaths - Part of the North Nashville area supercell - See section on this tornado.
F0 NE of Hohenwald Lewis 1943 0.3 mile (500 m) Damage limited to a few trees; no buildings affected.
F1 McMinnville area Warren 2145 11 miles
(18 km)
2 deaths - Two mobile homes were destroyed, killing two people. Damage was also reported to 29 buildings, plus many trees were uprooted or knocked over.
F1 S of Crossville Cumberland 2246 6.2 miles
(10 km)
Numerous houses suffered varying degrees of damage. Extensive tree damage also reported. Four people were injured.
F0 Chestnut Ridge Lincoln, Moore 2317 30 yd (25 m) Brief touchdown along US 231. Minimal damage to trees only.
F1 Morrison Warren 2328 4 miles
(6.5 km)
1 death - Several mobile homes were destroyed, killing one person. Roof damage was also reported to several houses and numerous outbuildings and barns were destroyed. In total, 29 buildings were damaged. Large trees were also uprooted. Three reporters for The Weather Channel would be arrested after the tornado for trespassing.
F0 NE of Fayetteville Lincoln 2330 200 yd (180 m) Brief touchdown along the Highway 50 corridor. No buildings damaged but a few trees knocked down.
F0 Champ Lincoln 0101 unknown Brief tornado touchdown damaging a pole barn, also knocked a few trees down.
Kentucky
F2 SE of Glasgow Barren, Metcalfe 2004 8.4 miles
(14 km)
15 to 20 mobile homes were destroyed in the Temple Hill area. Damage was also reported to at least 15 other houses. Extensive damage to trees. Four people suffered minor injuries.
F1 Moorman Muhlenberg 2302 1.8 miles
(3 km)
Tornado touched down just east of town, did moderate roof damage to one house and also damaged the local baseball park.
Indiana
F1 Pikeville Pike 2045 1 mile
(1.6 km)
A mobile home and a barn was destroyed. Damage also reported to several farms, killing an cow. Considerable tree damage as well. Briefly a waterspout in a local lake.
F1 NW of Decatur Clark 2114 0.75 mile
(1.2 km)
Heavy damage to several outbuildings, and a few trees and power lines were knocked over.
Louisiana
F0 NE of Farmerville Union 2135 7 miles
(11 km)
Minor damage reported to a house and a local school. Trees were knocked down in the area, destroying a mobile home.
Mississippi
F0 W of Morgan City (1st tornado) Leflore 2136 3 miles
(4.8 km)
Tornado remained in open sunflower fields.
F0 SE of Greenville Washington 2153 1 mile
(1.6 km)
Several trees were knocked down, damaging a storage facility and destroying a mobile home.
F0 Ecru Pontotoc 2156 6 miles
(9.6 km)
Damage reported to one mobile home, along with numerous trees.
F0 Isola Humphreys 2243 unknown Tornado sighted by a county sheriff. No damage found.
F0 W of Morgan City (2nd tornado) Leflore 2252 1 miles
(1.6 km)
Second tornado in the area also remained in open fields.
F0 N of Houston Chickasaw 0035 unknown Damage limited to some trees near Tombigbee National Forest.
F0 N of Indianola Sunflower 0255 3 miles
(4.8 km)
Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
Alabama
F0 NE of Cherokee Colbert 2250 50 yd
(45 m)
Tornado reported on the ground. No damage reported.
F0 N of Florence Lauderdale 2314 30 yd
(25 m)
Minimal damage limited to a few trees in its short path.
F1 Tuscumbia area Colbert 2325 8 miles
(13 km)
Heavy damage to a gas station. Minor damage to several houses in the area.
F1 Leighton area Colbert 2355 10 miles
(16 km)
One barn blown away and destroyed. Moderate damage to two schools and several houses were also damaged.
F1 Athens Limestone 0005 0.75 mile
(1.2 km)
Rain-wrapped tornado damaged about 20 large trees. Debris spotted along I-65 at Exit 351.
F0 NE of Hazel Green Madison 0045 150 yd
(130 m)
Brief tornado reported. Damage limited to trees.
F0 NW of Hazel Green Madison, Lincoln (TN) 0048 2 miles
(3.2 km)
One mobile home was damaged, one barn was destroyed and a few trees were knocked down.
F0 NW of Hatton Lawrence 0145 30 yd
(25 m)
Brief touchdown. No damage reported.
F1 N of Hamilton Marion 0155 0.5 mile
(800 m)
1 death - Damage was reported to several buildings, including a church. One person was killed after running into an already-fallen tree, and another person was injured after a tree fell on their car.
F0 Hodges Franklin 0200 3 miles
(4.8 km)
A few trees and power lines were knocked down.
F0 E of Mount Hope Lawrence 0230 60 yd
(50 m)
Damage limited to minor tree damage.
F1 NE of Haleyville Marion, Winston 0307 4.7 miles
(7.5 km)
Major damage reported to a local hotel and gas station, plus at least onemor mobile home destroyed and numerous trees and power lines down.
F0 E of Moulton Lawrence 0300 100 yd
(90 m)
Minor damage reported to a manufactured home, plus some tree damage.
F0 SE of Danville Morgan 0316 1 mile
(1.6 km)
Sporadic minor damage reported along at east of I-65.
F0 W of Huntsville Limestone 0324 30 yd
(25 m)
Tornado briefly touched down on I-565, with only damage to a road sign.
F1 Danville Lawrence, Morgan 0335 5 miles
(8 km)
Heavy damage to a local high school. Numerous houses suffered minor to moderate damage and a barn was demolished.
F0 N of Arab Marshall 0415 unknown Short-lived tornado that damaged a gas station and a storage area.
F1 NE of Cullman Cullman 0450 unknown Heavy damage reported to several chicken farms by this brief tornado.
F0 E of Fort Payne DeKalb 0544 unknown Brief tornado in the Little River Wildlife Management Area. A nearby manufactured home suffered minor damage.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 04/07, Nashville office, Louisville office, Birmingham office, Memphis office, Northern Indiana office, Shreveport office, Huntsville office, Paducah office, National Climatic Data Center

April 8 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Alabama
F1 Gardendale Jefferson 0616 2.4 miles
(3.8 km)
Dozens of houses and businesses damaged - some by trees - in the US 31 corridor. One person was injured.
F1 Roebuck Jefferson 0623 3.2 miles
(5.1 km)
Up to 100 houses suffered varying degrees of damage, some by fallen trees. Extensive tree damage reported in the area.
F1 Otahachee Calhoun 0652 0.75 mile
(1.2 km)
Damage reported to at least one house and a car due to falling trees. Considerable tree damage.
F0 Childersburg Talladega 0803 0.6 mile
(1 km)
Tree damage reported; some of which fell onto houses and cars.
Georgia
F0 S of Cedartown Polk 0720 5 miles
(8 km)
Several mobile homes, numerous outbuildings and 12 houses suffered minor to moderate damage. One person was injured.
F2 Rockmart Polk 0730 3 miles
(4.8 km)
Extensive damage reported, including the roof torn off of Rockmart High School and 32 houses damaged (two severely). Over 700 residents lost power after the tornado. One person was injured.
F0 W of Marietta Cobb 0750 2.5 miles
(4 km)
Tornado touched down in a commercial area. Three houses and a shopping plaza were damaged.
F1 Alpharetta area Cobb, Fulton 0755 18 miles
(30 km)
Considerable damage reported along the path in the suburban area. Dozens of homes and businesses damaged, some of which were nearly destroyed.
F0 NW of Five Points Banks 0909 unknown Heavy damage to two chicken houses along its path, one of which had debris hit a silo.
South Carolina
F1 Charleston (1st tornado) Charleston 1953 2.5 miles
(4 km)
Tornado reported in the Adams Run area and partially collapsed at least one building, injuring one person.
F0 Charleston (2nd tornado) Charleston, Berkeley 2020 2.5 miles
(4 km)
Minor damage reported in the Charleston Neck area to numerous buildings and structures.
F0 Daniel Island Berkeley 2023 unknown Brief tornado touchdown at the Family Circle Cup tennis facility; minor damage reported.
F0 Charleston (3rd tornado) Charleston 2025 300 yd
(270 m)
Small rope tornado reported in the West Ashley area near US 17. Damage generally minor.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 04/08, Peachtree City office, Birmingham office, National Climatic Data Center