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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.
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This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. |
{{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'''}}
Type | Tornado outbreak |
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Duration | April 6-present, 2006 |
Tornadoes confirmed | 21 reported |
Max. rating1 | F? tornado |
Duration of tornado outbreak2 | ongoing |
Fatalities | 0 |
Damage | Not yet available |
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado |
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.