Tornadoes · United States · Tennessee · 2006
F1 tornado, Mc Minnville, Tennessee, April 7, 2006
This F1 tornado ran 11.0 miles across Warren County on April 7, 2006, touching down at 4:45 PM CDT and reaching 150 yards wide. It killed 2 people, and did $500,000 of property damage.
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 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mphthis tornado
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
- F1
- Date
- April 7, 2006
- Touchdown
- 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Path length
- 11.0 miles (17.7 km)
- Path width
- 150 yards (137 m)
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- County
- Warren County
- Touchdown point
- 35.830, -85.970
- Lift-off point
- 35.830, -85.720
- Record number
- 305
What the Weather Service recorded
Warren County had 10 homes, farms or businesses with major damage. 19 homes, farms or businesses had moderate damage.
F1 tornado killed 2 people in a mobile home on Foster Rd. A 53 year-old woman was caring for an eldery male friend who also died in the mobile home. He was 81 years-old. She worked at the Federal Mogul plant in Smithville.Shingles were off roofs. Large trees were snapped, uprooted, or blown down. This tornado touched down on Lance Road, near Blue Hill Road. There was damage to a large barn, and shingles were torn off a portion of the roof. The tornado continued along a path due east where it crossed Highway 56 and Highway 287. Damage was noted on this path.
The deaths
2 direct deaths are recorded for this tornado, each with what Storm Data knows of it.
| Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | F | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
| 81 | M | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
36 minutes of warning. NWS OHX issued a tornado warning for this county at 21:09 UTC, 36 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 21:45 UTC.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 15:24 UTC and running to 00:49 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:24 UTC | 00:49 UTC | Tornado Watch | OHX |
| 21:09 UTC | 21:45 UTC | Tornado Warning | OHX |
| 23:09 UTC | 23:37 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX |
| 00:49 UTC | 06:57 UTC | Tornado Watch | OHX |
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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 7, 9:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 9:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 915 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 .UPDATE... SPC ALREADY TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE WATCH WITH SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ALREADY TAKING PLACE MEM AREA. LOOKING AT MORNING SOUNDING AND PROGGED SOUNDINGS...ATMOSPHERE PRIMED FOR SEVERE INCLUDING TORNADOES... FROM 18Z-00Z TIME FRAME... SWEAT INDEX 300+ TOTAL TOTALS 50+ LI -5 TO -10 CAPE INCREASING TO 2000+ 0-3 KM HELICITIES 300+ && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 219 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006) SHORT TERM...ALLS QUIET AT THE MOMENT, ALTHOUGH THE RADAR DOES SHOW SOME LIGHT ACTIVITY OVER THE UPPER PLATEAU THIS HOUR. OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES REMAIN MILD, WITH 06Z READINGS RANGING FROM CROSSVILLES 67 DEGREES, TO LEBANONS 72. DEW POINTS ARE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 40S TO LOWER 50S. SURFACE FLOW CONTINUES FROM THE SOUTH, AND THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RESULTING IN SOME GUSTY WINDS. THE SURFACE MAP SHOWS A 985 MB LOW CENTERED OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA, WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD, AND THE WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM THE LOW CENTER FAR TO OUR NORTH. THUS, MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS WELL INSIDE A BROAD MARITIME TROPICAL AIR MASS. INTERESTINGLY, SURFACE DEW POINTS INCREASE FARTHER WEST, BUT DROP CONSIDERABLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, MEANING THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DRY AIR WRAPPING INTO THE LOW. LONG TERM...AM EXPECTING SCATTERED CONVECTION TODAY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH SLIGHTLY GREATER CHANCES DOWN SOUTH AROUND WAYNESBORO AND LAWRENCEBURG. A WEAK, PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MID STATE THIS MORNING, BUT THEN WE ACTUALLY DRY OUT FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATER ON TODAY. THEREFORE, AM NOT EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR SEVERE STORMS TODAY. AT 00Z THIS EVENING, THE GFS/ETA/NGM MODELS FILL THE LOW TO 998- 999 MB AND BRING THE CENTER UP TO CAPE GIRARDEAU, AND AT 06Z, THE LOW WILL BE AROUND JACKSON, TENNESSEE AS A STRONGER SHORTWAVE DEVELOPS IN THE 850 MB FLOW. BY THIS TIME, DEEP MOISTURE AND A DEEP POSITIVE OMEGA FIELD DEVELOP OVER THE MID STATE, MOST STRONGLY DEPICTED BY THE GFS SOLUTION, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT BY THE ETA AND NGM. STILL, THE CONSISTENCY SHOWN BY THE MODELS THE LAST 2-3 DAYS GIVES HIGH CONFIDENCE TO TONIGHTS FORECAST. LOOKING AT VARIOUS DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY FIELDS GIVES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TYPE OF WEATHER WERE EXPECTING OVERNIGHT. ALL MODELS ARE SHOWING STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION IN THE MID- LEVELS, WITH EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENTIAL VORTICITY ADVECTION WITHIN THE 700-500 MB LAYER, INDICATING UPWARD ACCELERATION THROUGH THE MID-LEVELS. LIKEWISE, LAPSE RATES IN THIS LAYER WILL REMAIN 6.5 TO 7.0 DEGREES CELSIUS PER KM THROUGHOUT TODAY AND TONIGHT, INDICATING SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR CONVECTION. SIMILARLY, THE WIND FIELDS AT 06Z SHOW REMARKABLE UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH EQUALLY STRONG THETA-E CONVERGENCE AT 850 MB, AND MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE AT THE SURFACE. ALL, OF COURSE, WILL BE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ACTIVE WEATHER WERE EXPECTING OVERNIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS AT THE SAME TIME ALSO REFLECT DEEP INSTABILITY, WITH MARKED DRY AIR INSTRUSION SHOWN ON THE GFS MODEL SOUDING FOR BNA, TO A LESSER EXTEND ON THE NGM SOUNDING, WITH THE ETA MODEL SHOWING A NEARLY SATURATED COLUMN 24 HOURS FROM NOW. USING THE NGM SOUNDING AS A COMPROMISE, WERE STILL LOOKING AT A K-INDEX OF 33, A LIFTED INDEX OF -6.4, AND CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF 1865 J/KG. A UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND FIELD PUTS A LID ON THE 0-3 KM HELICITY, WITH A VALUE OF ONLY 89. HOWEVER, THE FREEZING LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 9,500 FEET, MEANING THAT THOSE STORMS WHICH DEVELOP STRONG UPDRAFTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THE MOST RECENT DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK PLACES NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CLARKSVILLE, GALLATIN, LIVINGSTON) UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MODERATE RISK COVERS AREAS FARTHER SOUTH (NASHVILLE, MURFREESBORO, CROSSVILLE), WHILE A HIGH RISK AREA COVERS OUR EXTREME SOUTH (WAYNESBORO, LAWRENCEBURG, PULASKI). BY 12Z SATURDAY, THE LOW CENTER WILL HAVE MOVED INTO THE APPALACHIANS, WITH DEEP WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE STILL EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE, PARTICULARLY THE PLATEAU. WE WILL CLEAR OUT DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AS THE MOISTURE PULLS EAST, AND THE 500 MB SHORTWAVE SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA SIMULTANEOUSLY. AFTERWARDS, LOOK FOR SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER, WITH THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM NOT EXPECTED UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 12:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1223 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-081030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 1223 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE TODAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. INCREASING AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO THE MID STATE. THIS COMBINED WITH COLDER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT WILL PRODUCE INCREASINGLY MORE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME QUITE FAVORABLE... ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... SO THAT AN INCREASING RISK OF NOT ONLY VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT TORNADOES AS WELL...WILL BE VERY LIKELY. THE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE NUMEROUS AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES ...AND CONTINUE IN THIS MANNER INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME TORNADOES COULD MOVE LONG DISTANCES BEFORE DISSIPATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WITH SKIES CLEARING LATE. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STEIGERWALDT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:28 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
428 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL 3 NE BYRDSTOWN 36.60N 85.10W
04/07/2006 M1.75 INCH PICKETT TN TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR STATIC
&&
MMURPHYLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:29 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
429 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TORNADO MURFREESBORO 35.85N 86.39W
04/07/2006 RUTHERFORD TN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR OLD SALEM HIGHWAY
&&
MMURPHYLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:32 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
432 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0432 PM HAIL 5 N WOODBURY 35.90N 86.07W
04/07/2006 M1.75 INCH CANNON TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR RITAVILLE
&&
MMURPHYLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:36 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
436 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL WOODBURY 35.82N 86.07W
04/07/2006 M2.75 INCH CANNON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN WOODBURY
&&
MMURPHYLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:38 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
438 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL JAMESTOWN 36.43N 84.94W
04/07/2006 M1.75 INCH FENTRESS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN JAMESTOWN
&&
MMURPHYLocal storm report, Apr 7, 4:41 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
441 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM HAIL 12 N CENTERVILLE 35.97N 87.45W
04/07/2006 M1.00 INCH HICKMAN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL NORTH OF CENTERVILLE
&&
MMURPHYThe 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.
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 12:00Z
9.8 hours before the tornado, 76 km from the path. April 7, 2006.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.3 K/km
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 00:00Z
2.2 hours after it, 76 km from the path. April 8, 2006.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.1 K/km
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 21:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00 UTC | HAIL 2 | 2 E Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | *** 1 INJ *** |
| 21:00 UTC | TORNADO | 3 Se Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC 3 SE MURFREESBORO |
| 21:00 UTC | TORNADO | Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR OLD SALEM HIGHWAY |
| 21:01 UTC | HAIL 0.88 | Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN MURFREESBORO ALONG I-24 |
| 21:06 UTC | HAIL 1 | 2 W Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | I-24 NEAR MURFREESBORO |
| 21:08 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | 1 - 1 3/4 INCH ON 70S |
| 21:10 UTC | HAIL 1 | Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MTSU |
| 21:32 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Woodbury | Cannon, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR RITAVILLE |
| 21:34 UTC | HAIL 2.75 | Woodbury | Cannon, TN | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN WOODBURY |
| 21:35 UTC | HAIL 2.75 | Woodbury | Cannon, TN | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN WOODBURY |
| 21:35 UTC | TORNADO | Woodbury | Cannon, TN | 2 TORNADO TOUCH DOWNS IN WOODBURY |
| 21:45 UTC | TORNADO 1 | 11 Nw Mcminnville | Warren, TN | *** 2 FATAL, 15 INJ *** F1 TORNADO KILLED 2 PEOPLE IN A MOBILE HOME ON FOSTER RD. SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF ROOFS. LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED, SNAPPED AND BLOWN DOWN.THE TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 14.6 MILES NW OF MCMINNVILLE TO |
| 21:52 UTC | HAIL 0.88 | Lebanon | Wilson, TN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LEBANON |
| 21:55 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Smithville | De Kalb, TN | TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALONG HWY 56 |
| 21:55 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Smithville | De Kalb, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 56 |
| 21:56 UTC | HAIL 0.88 | Lebanon | Wilson, TN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH LEBANON |
| 21:56 UTC | TORNADO | 7 N Mcminnville | Warren, TN | TORNADO ALONG GREENHILL ROAD IN NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY |
| 22:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sse Smithville | De Kalb, TN | SHED BLOWN OVER AND PARTIAL ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE |
| 22:04 UTC | HAIL 1 | 7 Se Smithville | De Kalb, TN | HWY 288 SE OF SMITHVILLE |
| 22:05 UTC | TORNADO | 8 Ne Smithville | De Kalb, TN | LARGE TREES DOWN AND DEBRIS SCATTERED ALONG HWY 287, EAST OF HWY 56 |
| 22:10 UTC | HAIL 1 | 6 Se Lebanon | Wilson, TN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN STATESVILLE |
| 22:44 UTC | HAIL 0.75 | Cookeville | Putnam, TN | PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR BAXTER |
| 22:45 UTC | HAIL 1 | Pleasant Hill | Cumberland, TN | HWY 70 WEST AND MAIN STREET, QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
| 22:46 UTC | TORNADO 1 | 11 W Crab Orchard | Cumberland, TN | *** 4 INJ *** F1 TORNADO FROM 3.8 SOUTHWEST CROSSVILLE TO 2.5 EAST OF CROSSVILLE FROM 546 PM TO 551 PM. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ROOFS ON HOMES. PATH LENGTH WAS 6.2 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. |
| 22:54 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | Murfreesboro | Rutherford, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT VA HOSPITAL |
| 23:21 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 10 S Woodbury | Cannon, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR HOLLOW SPRINGS ALONG HWY 53 |
| 23:28 UTC | TORNADO 1 | 10 Sw Mcminnville | Warren, TN | *** 1 FATAL *** F1 TORNADO STRUCK FROM 10.3 MILES SW MCMINNVILLE TO 7.8 SW MCMINNVILLE WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 4 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 100 YDS. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED IN A TRAILER AT BONNER RD. THERE WAS ROOF DAMAGE TO HO |
| 23:30 UTC | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Smithville | De Kalb, TN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON CECIL HILL ROAD IN SW DEKALB COUNTY ALONG HWY 146 |
| 23:34 UTC | TORNADO | 2 Sw Mcminnville | Warren, TN | TORNADO IN SMART STATION, SW OF MCMINNVILLE |
| 23:37 UTC | TORNADO | 8 Sw Mcminnville | Warren, TN | TORNADO ALONG HWY 55 JUST WEST OF MORRISON |
| 00:13 UTC | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Spencer | Van Buren, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF SPENCER |
| 00:17 UTC | HAIL 0.88 | 2 E Smyrna | Rutherford, TN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR SMYRNA |
| 00:25 UTC | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Wnw Pikeville | Bledsoe, TN | PENNY SIZED HAIL AT FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK. REPORTED BY PARK RANGER. |
| 00:26 UTC | HAIL 0.75 | Manchester | Coffee, TN | IN MANCHESTER |
| 00:30 UTC | FUNNEL CLOUD | 11 Nne Pikeville | Bledsoe, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD CROSSED HIGHWAY 101 NEAR THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE AND MOVED NORTHEAST INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY. REPORTED BY DAUGHTER OF FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK OFFICIAL. |
| 00:40 UTC | TORNADO 1 | 11 W Crab Orchard | Cumberland, TN | *** 4 INJ *** F1 TORNADO FROM 3.8 SOUTHWEST CROSSVILLE TO 2.5 EAST OF CROSSVILLE FROM 740 PM TO 745 PM. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ROOFS ON HOMES. PATH LENGTH WAS 6.2 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. |
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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 | 4:36 PM CDT | F0 | Leflore, MS | 3.0 | 50 | |||
| April 7 | 4:45 PM CDT | F1 | Pike, IN | 0.7 | 75 | $120,000 | ||
| 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.