Tornadoes · United States · Mississippi · 2006
F0 tornado, Morgan City, Mississippi, April 7, 2006
This F0 tornado ran 3.0 miles across Leflore County on April 7, 2006, touching down at 4:36 PM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
F040 to 72 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- F0
- Date
- April 7, 2006
- Touchdown
- 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Path length
- 3.0 miles (4.8 km)
- Path width
- 50 yards (46 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- County
- Leflore County
- Touchdown point
- 33.380, -90.450
- Lift-off point
- 33.400, -90.380
- Record number
- 304
What the Weather Service recorded
The storm which brought a swath of large hail across the southern half of Leflore County, along with a brief weak tornado, was a supercell thunderstorm. This supercell was the first of several which moved across the same portion of Leflore County during the afternoon and evening of April 7th. This first supercell storm began in southern Chicot County Arkansas and tracked across the Delta into southern Leflore County. This long lived supercell brought a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail across the entire southern portion of the county before it moved into west-central Carroll County, just east of Greenwood.
This weak tornado was first witnessed by a Columbus Air Force Base helicopter pilot on the ground in an open field just west of Morgan City near the Sunflower-Leflore County lines. Shortly after that, several trained storm spotters saw the tornado on the ground 2 miles northwest of Morgan City. Due to the rural location, access to the area was impossible, thus no damage was found.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
10 minutes of warning. NWS JAN issued a tornado warning for this county at 21:26 UTC, 10 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 22:06 UTC.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 16:37 UTC and running to 00:48 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:37 UTC | 00:48 UTC | Tornado Watch | JAN |
| 21:22 UTC | 22:08 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN |
| 21:26 UTC | 22:06 UTC | Tornado Warning | JAN |
| 22:23 UTC | 23:15 UTC | Tornado Warning | JAN |
| 23:18 UTC | 00:00 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN |
| 00:48 UTC | 05:52 UTC | Tornado Watch | JAN |
| 02:53 UTC | 03:42 UTC | Tornado Warning | JAN |
Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a High Risk, with a 0.30 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 16:32 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 425 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... NO NEED FOR CHANGES TO THE SHORT TERM...THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK. THE MODELS HAVE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES...BUT OVERALL STILL LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...DEWPOINTS ACTUALLY CLIMBED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS 3 HOUR PRESSURE FALLS FROM 3-4MB ACROSS THE AREA AND SURFACE LI VALUES WERE FROM 6-7C FROM JAN TO GLH...IN THE AREA WHERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED. THE BEST MOISTURE WAS ALSO IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. SUPERCELLS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY OVER THE DELTA...WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INITIALLY. TRAINING STORMS MAY BRING THE FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ALSO. THE CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE...SO THE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THE LATEST SOUNDING SHOWS STEEP LAPSE RATES...A 45KT LLJ AND AT LEAST 45KTS OF SHEAR. HOWEVER MODEL SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN A CAP OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNTIL 3Z. SO EXPECTING THE AXIS TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA BY 6PM AND INTO THE EASTERN ZONES AROUND 8-9 PM. WITH STORMS DEVELOPING LATER THAN EXPECTED...NOT SURE ACTIVITY WILL END SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. HELD STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST AND A FEW SHOWERS THROUGH THE MORNING FOR THE EAST. BASICALLY THE FORECAST HAS HANDLED THIS SYSTEM WELL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS...SO NEED FOR ADJUSTMENTS. NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE GOING LONG TERM FORECAST. LONG TERM MODELS AND ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT THE ARKLAMISS REGION WILL GENERALLY BE AWAY FROM THE FIRING LINES OF UPPER JET ENERGY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. THAT SAID...A FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE WILL TRY TO MAKE HEADWAY INTO THE TOP END OF AN UPPER RIDGE PROTECTING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE...IN COMBINATION WITH A LITTLE MOISTURE TRYING TO SNEAK IN FROM THE ARKLATEX...MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET SOME CONVECTION GOING (ESPECIALLY UP NORTH). THE UPPER RIDGE MAY REMAIN A LITTLE DIRTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THIS INITIAL DISTURBANCE...AND WILL THEREFORE KEEP THE LOW AND SPORADIC POPS THE 00Z MEX ADVERTISED. OTHERWISE...EXPECT GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY (TO SOMETIMES MOSTLY CLEAR) SKIES THROUGH THE BULK OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL TEND A HAIR BELOW NORMAL THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL...BUT EXPECT A MODERATION UP TO NORMAL LEVELS (HIGHS NEAR 80/LOWS NEAR 60) DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD. REMAINED ALMOST RIGHT WITH 00Z MEX FOR ALL TEMPS. /BB/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 62 70 43 71 / 85 7 0 0 MERIDIAN 63 74 41 74 / 100 19 0 0 VICKSBURG 61 69 44 71 / 60 5 0 0 HATTIESBURG 67 75 44 75 / 60 13 0 0 NATCHEZ 61 70 44 71 / 48 4 0 0 GREENVILLE 59 65 40 68 / 71 5 0 0 GREENWOOD 60 65 40 70 / 85 9 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 07/50
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 334 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 082034- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 334 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SET THE STAGE FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND TORNADOES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...HOWEVER LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA...TO YAZOO CITY TO GOLDEN TRIANGLE ARE IN A MORE FAVORABLE POSITION FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT. AN AXIS OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAS SETTLED TO THE NORTH AND WEST AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. BASEBALL OR LARGER HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE LONG TRACK TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. AS THE STORM SYSTEM BARRELS THROUGH THE CENTRAL STATES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL SHIFT TO AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION TO LONG TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN A CONCERN. LATER THIS EVENING...A LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AS THE LINE OF STORMS SWINGS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...MORE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION. ...FLOODING... THERE IS A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS FLOW INTO THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...HOWEVER STORMS TRACKING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS IS MORE LIKELY FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1245 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 072100- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW- OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA... MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR... STARKVILLE...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...CARTHAGE... PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...SCOOBA...VICKSBURG... JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON... UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...PORT GIBSON... CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE... MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 1245 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...INCLUDING POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TORNADOES...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AS WELL AS THE PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT CONCORDIA. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG...LONG TRACK TORNADOES. WITH A VOLATILE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. WHILE ALL OF THE WATCH AREA HAS THIS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM...THERE APPEARS TO BE AN ENHANCED TORNADO RISK ALONG AN AXIS FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA...TO THE AREAS AROUND YAZOO CITY...LEXINGTON... AND GREENVILLE...THEN NORTHEAST INTO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO RISK...VERY LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLY BASEBALL SIZED OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH COULD OCCUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 3 PM...AND IN THE MERIDIAN AREA THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD NOT BEGIN UNTIL BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. AS THE LOW AND COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST TO ENCOMPASS THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. EVENTUALLY...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE LINE DEPARTS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...THE INTERNET...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION. AG/EC
Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
403 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 5 W HOLLANDALE 33.17N 90.94W
04/07/2006 E1.75 INCH WASHINGTON MS PUBLIC
HALF DOLLAR TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ABOUT 5
MILES WEST OF HOLLANDALE.
&&
CAMPBELLLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:04 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
404 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0357 PM HAIL GREENVILLE 33.39N 91.05W
04/07/2006 E0.50 INCH WASHINGTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN GREENVILLE.
0357 PM HAIL 3 SW ARCOLA 33.24N 90.92W
04/07/2006 E1.25 INCH WASHINGTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
HALF DOLLAR HAIL APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ARCOLA.
&&
CAMPBELLLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
406 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM FUNNEL CLOUD HOLLANDALE 33.17N 90.85W
04/07/2006 WASHINGTON MS PUBLIC
WALL CLOUD REPORTED OVER HOLLANDALE.
&&
CAMPBELLLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:17 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0351 PM HAIL 3 W HOLLANDALE 33.17N 90.91W
04/07/2006 E1.25 INCH WASHINGTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT LEROY PERCY STATE
PARK.
0403 PM HAIL SCHLATER 33.64N 90.35W
04/07/2006 E0.50 INCH LEFLORE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN SCHLATER.
&&
19The air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Jackson, MS (KJAN), 12:00Z
9.6 hours before the tornado, 123 km from the path. April 7, 2006.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 4.6 K/km
Jackson, MS (KJAN), 00:00Z
2.4 hours after it, 123 km from the path. April 8, 2006.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 7.2 K/km
The surface observations
Indianola (IDL), 27 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:53 UTC | 82.4 | 62.6 | 210° 22 kt | 26 | 1002.4 | |
| 20:12 UTC | 82.4 | 64.4 | 230° 19 kt | 26 | 1002.4 | |
| 20:53 UTC | 81 | 62 | 210° 12 kt | 1000.3 | VCTS | |
| 21:05 UTC | 77 | 64.4 | 220° 30 kt | 40 | 1001.4 | +TSRA |
| 21:16 UTC | 71.6 | 66.2 | 220° 13 kt | 1001 | TS HZ | |
| 21:53 UTC | 71 | 66 | 240° 19 kt | 24 | 1002 | +TSRA BR |
| 21:59 UTC | 69.8 | 66.2 | 250° 20 kt | 27 | 1001.7 | -TSRA BR |
| 22:19 UTC | 66.2 | 62.6 | 190° 15 kt | 1001.4 | -TSRA | |
| 22:42 UTC | 66.2 | 62.6 | 200° 21 kt | 28 | 1001.7 | TS BR |
| 22:46 UTC | 66.2 | 62.6 | 250° 11 kt | 27 | 1001.7 | -TSRA |
| 22:53 UTC | 66 | 63 | 310° 9 kt | 18 | 1001.4 | -TSRA BR |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 21:35 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
What was reported nearby
Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Report | Where | County | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:50 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 5 W Hollandale | Washington, MS | HALF DOLLAR TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF HOLLANDALE. |
| 20:51 UTC | HAIL 1.25 | 3 W Hollandale | Washington, MS | HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT LEROY PERCY STATE PARK. |
| 20:57 UTC | HAIL 0.5 | Greenville | Washington, MS | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN GREENVILLE. |
| 20:57 UTC | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Sw Arcola | Washington, MS | HALF DOLLAR HAIL APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCOLA. |
| 21:00 UTC | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Hollandale | Washington, MS | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED OVER HWY 61 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF HOLLANDALE. |
| 21:00 UTC | FUNNEL CLOUD | Hollandale | Washington, MS | WALL CLOUD REPORTED OVER HOLLANDALE. |
| 21:00 UTC | HAIL 1 | Greenville | Washington, MS | HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS REPORTED IN GREENVILLE. |
| 21:03 UTC | HAIL 0.5 | Schlater | Leflore, MS | MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN SCHLATER. |
| 21:18 UTC | TSTM WND GST 60 | Shaw | Bolivar, MS | 60 TO 70 MILE PER HOUR WIND REPORTED IN SHAW. |
| 21:18 UTC | HAIL 1.25 | Shaw | Bolivar, MS | HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN SHAW. |
| 21:18 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Shaw | Bolivar, MS | RELAYED FROM BENOIT POST OFFICE. |
| 21:24 UTC | HAIL 0.25 | 2 S Cleveland | Bolivar, MS | |
| 21:25 UTC | HAIL 1 | Benoit | Bolivar, MS | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. REPORTED BY GROCERY IN BENOIT. |
| 21:25 UTC | TORNADO | 4 Ene Isola | Humphreys, MS | HUMPHREYS SO REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
| 21:30 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland | Bolivar, MS | SEVERAL POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. TREE ON CAR. BLOWN TRANSFOMERS, WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND TWO ROOFS DAMAGED. |
| 21:30 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | Inverness | Sunflower, MS | |
| 21:34 UTC | HAIL 0.25 | 1 W Itta Bena | Leflore, MS | PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST WEST OF ITTA BENA. |
| 21:35 UTC | TORNADO | 10 Ene Inverness | Leflore, MS | COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE HELICOPTER PILOT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF INVERNESS. |
| 21:35 UTC | TORNADO | 5 Ne Inverness | Sunflower, MS | COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE HELICOPTER PILOT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF INVERNESS. |
| 21:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland | Bolivar, MS | POWER POLE DOWN. REPORTED BY ENTERGY MS. |
| 21:42 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Drew | Sunflower, MS | EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
| 21:42 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Drew | Sunflower, MS | 25 HOMES SUFFERED MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE AND HAD WINDOWS BUSTED OUT IN THE PARCHMAN AND DREW AREAS DUE TO WIDESPREAD GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. |
| 21:42 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Drew | Sunflower, MS | |
| 21:42 UTC | HAIL 2.5 | 5 N Drew | Sunflower, MS | UP TO 60 HOMES IN NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DUE TO WIDESPREAD HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZED DRIVEN BY WIND. 25 HOMES IN THE TOWN OF PARCHMAN ALONE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. NUMEROUS VEHICLES SUFFERED MA |
| 21:46 UTC | TORNADO | 2 Nw Morgan City | Leflore, MS | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR MORGAN CITY. SEVERAL TRAINED SPOTTERS WATCHING TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| 21:48 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 2 S Greenville | Washington, MS | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE. |
| 21:50 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | Itta Bena | Leflore, MS | REPORTED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| 21:54 UTC | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Greenville | Washington, MS | FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH EAST OF INTERSECTION OF HWY 454 AND HWY 1 SOUTH. |
| 21:54 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Greenville | Washington, MS | 60 MPH ESTIMATE, UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR TRAILOR TURNED OVER ON HWY 82 WEST |
| 21:54 UTC | HAIL 0.5 | Greenwood | Leflore, MS | HALF INCH HAIL AT GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICES |
| 21:54 UTC | HAIL 1 | Greenwood | Leflore, MS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN GREENWOOD REPORTED BY GREENWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| 21:54 UTC | HAIL 1.25 | Greenville | Washington, MS | HALF DOLLAR HAIL REPORTED IN GREENVILLE |
| 21:54 UTC | TORNADO | Greenville | Washington, MS | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN GREENVILLE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME...BUT THERE WERE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| 21:55 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Greenville | Washington, MS | DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME AND ROOF OF A STORAGE BUILDING. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| 21:55 UTC | HAIL 1 | Benoit | Bolivar, MS | |
| 21:59 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Greenville | Washington, MS | POWER POLE DOWN. REPORTED BY ENTERGY MS. |
| 22:11 UTC | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Carrollton | Carroll, MS | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST NORTH OF CARROLLTON. |
| 22:20 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | Indianola | Sunflower, MS | REPORTED BY POLICE. |
| 22:35 UTC | HAIL 1.5 | Moorhead | Sunflower, MS | QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY POLICE. |
| 22:45 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Inverness | Sunflower, MS | WAREHOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND SOME TREES AND POWER POLES DOWNED IN THE AREA NEAR INVERNESS. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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The other tornadoes of April 7, 2006
46 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 7 | 12:40 PM CDT | F0 | Benton, TN | 1.1 | 10 | $50,000 | ||
| April 7 | 1:05 PM CDT | F0 | Humphreys, TN | 0.2 | 20 | $10,000 | ||
| April 7 | 1:10 PM CDT | F0 | Humphreys, TN | 0.2 | 20 | $1,000 | ||
| April 7 | 1:30 PM CDT | F3 | Dickson, TN | 18.8 | 880 | $6.0 million | ||
| April 7 | 1:34 PM CDT | F2 | Henderson, TN | 9.0 | 100 | 5 | $2.0 million | |
| April 7 | 1:40 PM CDT | F1 | Henderson, TN | 3.5 | 100 | $40,000 | ||
| April 7 | 1:53 PM CDT | F2 | Benton, TN | 6.0 | 50 | $250,000 | ||
| April 7 | 2:05 PM CDT | F1 | Humphreys, TN | 4.5 | 50 | $100,000 | ||
| April 7 | 2:08 PM CDT | F3 | Davidson, TN | 22.7 | 880 | 7 | 128 | $79 million |
| April 7 | 2:43 PM CDT | F0 | Lewis, TN | 0.3 | 100 | |||
| April 7 | 3:04 PM CDT | F2 | Barren, KY | 8.1 | 250 | 4 | $1.6 million | |
| April 7 | 3:35 PM CDT | F0 | Union Parish, LA | 6.8 | 250 | $70,000 | ||
| April 7 | 5:14 PM EDT | F1 | Adams, IN | 0.8 | 100 | $40,000 | ||
| April 7 | 4:45 PM CDT | F1 | Pike, IN | 0.7 | 75 | $120,000 | ||
| April 7 | 4:45 PM CDT | F1 | Warren, TN | 11.0 | 150 | 2 | $500,000 | |
| April 7 | 4:53 PM CDT | F0 | Washington, MS | 1.0 | 50 | $100,000 | ||
| April 7 | 4:56 PM CDT | F0 | Pontotoc, MS | 6.0 | 30 | $30,000 | ||
| April 7 | 5:43 PM CDT | F0 | Humphreys, MS | 1.0 | 30 | |||
| April 7 | 5:46 PM CDT | F1 | Cumberland, TN | 6.2 | 150 | 4 | $4.0 million | |
| April 7 | 5:50 PM CDT | F0 | Colbert, AL | 0.1 | 50 | $20,000 | ||
| April 7 | 5:52 PM CDT | F0 | Leflore, MS | 1.0 | 50 | |||
| April 7 | 6:14 PM CDT | F0 | Lauderdale, AL | 0.1 | 30 | |||
| April 7 | 6:17 PM CDT | F0 | Moore, TN | 0.2 | 30 | |||
| April 7 | 6:25 PM CDT | F1 | Colbert, AL | 8.0 | 100 | $120,000 | ||
| April 7 | 6:28 PM CDT | F1 | Warren, TN | 4.0 | 100 | 1 | $100,000 | |
| April 7 | 6:30 PM CDT | F0 | Lincoln, TN | 0.5 | 50 | $1,000 | ||
| April 7 | 6:55 PM CDT | F1 | Colbert, AL | 10.0 | 100 | $70,000 | ||
| April 7 | 7:02 PM CDT | F1 | Muhlenberg, KY | 1.7 | 150 | $40,000 | ||
| April 7 | 7:05 PM CDT | F1 | Limestone, AL | 0.7 | 200 | $10,000 | ||
| April 7 | 7:35 PM CDT | F0 | Chickasaw, MS | 0.2 | 15 | $10,000 | ||
| April 7 | 7:45 PM CDT | F0 | Madison, AL | 0.2 | 50 | $10,000 | ||
| April 7 | 7:48 PM CDT | F0 | Lincoln, AL to TN | 2.1 | 30 | |||
| April 7 | 8:01 PM CDT | F0 | Lincoln, TN | 0.1 | 30 | $5,000 | ||
| April 7 | 8:45 PM CDT | F0 | Lawrence, AL | 0.1 | 30 | |||
| April 7 | 8:55 PM CDT | F1 | Marion, AL | 9.4 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| April 7 | 9:00 PM CDT | F0 | Franklin, AL | 3.0 | 75 | $10,000 | ||
| April 7 | 9:30 PM CDT | F0 | Lawrence, AL | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| April 7 | 9:55 PM CDT | F0 | Sunflower, MS | 3.0 | 50 | $30,000 | ||
| April 7 | 10:00 PM CDT | F0 | Lawrence, AL | 0.1 | 60 | $10,000 | ||
| April 7 | 10:00 PM CDT | F1 | Winston, AL | 4.7 | 150 | $80,000 | ||
| April 7 | 10:16 PM CDT | F0 | Morgan, AL | 1.0 | 50 | $1,000 | ||
| April 7 | 10:24 PM CDT | F0 | Limestone, AL | 0.1 | 40 | |||
| April 7 | 10:35 PM CDT | F1 | Morgan, AL | 9.0 | 150 | $110,000 | ||
| April 7 | 11:15 PM CDT | F0 | Marshall, AL | 0.1 | 150 | $20,000 | ||
| April 7 | 11:50 PM CDT | F1 | Cullman, AL | 0.2 | 30 | $120,000 | ||
| April 7 | 12:44 AM CDT | F0 | DeKalb, AL | 0.1 | 85 | $10,000 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.