Weather Event #9-April Strikes Again

Reports on April 06-07 Severe Weather Events (Updated April 12, 2006)

Yet another potent extratropical cyclone crossed the United States during this period and interacted with sufficiently unstable air for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. An F2 tornado hit Washington County, Kansas on April 6th and preliminary reports indicate several destructive tornadoes across Tennssee, Mississippi and Alabama on the 7th. The National Weather Service offices have yet to survey these damage paths, so a lot more information will be forthcoming. Both days also received a "high risk" forecast from the Storm Prediction Center, so more information about them will be available in my archive when that is next updated.

Thursday, April 06:
Little Rock, Arkansas
Topeka, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Omaha, Nebraksa
Tulsa, Oklahoma:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

PRELIMINARY TORNADO INFORMATION FOR APRIL 6, 2006

TORNADO 1...

AT 349 PM...A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HOMINY IN OSAGE COUNTY. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

TORNADO 2...

AT 703 PM...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLOW IN CRAIG COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF THE KANSAS BORDER. NEAR THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN...THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A MOBILE HOME...THEN THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS FIELDS AND THROUGH TREES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE OKLAHOMA PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF ONLY ABOUT 40 YARDS. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED F-0. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO KANSAS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE WICHITA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

TORNADO 3...

AT 747 PM...A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BRIEFLY TOUCHING DOWN ON LAKE EUFAULA JUST WEST OF THE DAM. THE LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF ENTERPRISE IN HASKELL COUNTY. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THE TORNADO.
Chase report by Mike Hollingshead
Chase report by Mikel Shively
SPC Storm Reports log

Friday, April 07:
Birminham, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
Peachtree City, Georgia
Syracuse, Indiana
Jackson, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Memphis, Tennessee
Morristown, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennsessee
SPC Storm Reports log
Yahoo News article
WTVF Ch. 5-Nashville, TN