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{{StormWatch|event=current tornado outbreak
|time=1:00 am [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]] (1800 UTC)
|date=[[April 7]]
|watch information=PDS [[tornado watch]]es 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
TypeTornado outbreak
DurationApril 6-present, 2006
Tornadoes
confirmed
21 reported
Max. rating1F? tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2
ongoing
Fatalities0
DamageNot yet available
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale
2Time from first tornado to last tornado

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.

Reported tornadoes

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April 6 event

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F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length 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.

April 7 event

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F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length 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.

See also

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