YearFinal SPC data

2006

1,103 tornadoes in 2006, with 16,665 hail and 13,736 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reports (soon)Storm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 686 F1 292 F2 93 F3 30 F4 2

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

Tornadoes by month

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Hail reports by month

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Wind reports by month

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Storm days

Every day with a tornado, hail or wind report. Warmer colors mean more tornadoes; gray days had hail or wind only; a white ring marks a day with an F4/EF4 or stronger tornado.

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Running count

2006 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20061991 to 2020 average2001 to 2011 (other years)

1,103 tornadoes in 2006, 10% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	04/02/06	67	0	27	F3	AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, MO, TN
2	03/12/06	57	1	8	F4	AR, IL, KS, MO, OK
3	04/07/06	56	0	10	F3	AL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, TN
4	09/22/06	34	1	0	F4	AL, AR, IL, KY, MO, TN, UT
5	10/26/06	31	0	0	F1	KS, LA, MS
6	12/29/06	27	0	1	F2	TX
7	03/30/06	26	0	1	F2	IA, IL, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX
8	06/22/06	23	0	0	F2	CO, IL, KS, MO, OH
9	11/15/06	22	0	9	F3	AL, GA, MS, NC, SC
10	05/05/06	20	0	0	F2	TX
11	05/10/06	19	0	0	F2	AL, AR, IL, IN, LA, MI, MS, OH, TX
12	01/13/06	18	0	1	F1	AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
13	04/13/06	18	0	1	F2	IA, IL
14	10/16/06	17	0	0	F2	LA, MS, TX
15	03/11/06	16	0	2	F3	AR, CA, IL, MO

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	04/02/06	1,016	67	494	455	5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
2	04/07/06	992	56	723	213	4.25 in	80 kt (92 mph)
3	03/12/06	775	57	593	125	4.5 in	93 kt (107 mph)
4	05/25/06	644	4	359	281	4.25 in	87 kt (100 mph)
5	06/22/06	628	23	211	394	2.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
6	07/19/06	508	2	121	385	1.75 in	80 kt (92 mph)
7	03/30/06	481	26	278	177	2.75 in	85 kt (98 mph)
8	06/21/06	476	14	241	221	4.25 in	88 kt (101 mph)
9	04/13/06	415	18	340	57	4.25 in	85 kt (98 mph)
10	03/09/06	414	7	47	360	2.5 in	90 kt (104 mph)
11	07/28/06	405	1	96	308	4 in	75 kt (86 mph)
12	05/14/06	402	16	327	59	2.75 in	80 kt (92 mph)
13	06/19/06	390	0	203	187	2 in	78 kt (90 mph)
14	05/09/06	381	11	238	132	4.5 in	74 kt (85 mph)
15	07/21/06	358	6	38	314	1.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	04/02/06	5 in	White County, AR
2	04/02/06	5 in	White County, AR
3	03/12/06	4.5 in	Linn County, KS
4	04/02/06	4.5 in	Lawrence County, AR
5	04/25/06	4.5 in	Clay County, AR
6	05/09/06	4.5 in	Collingsworth County, TX
7	05/09/06	4.5 in	Hardeman County, TX
8	03/11/06	4.25 in	Phelps County, MO
9	03/11/06	4.25 in	Sebastian County, AR
10	03/12/06	4.25 in	Bourbon County, KS
11	04/02/06	4.25 in	Baxter County, AR
12	04/02/06	4.25 in	Oregon County, MO
13	04/02/06	4.25 in	Fulton County, AR
14	04/02/06	4.25 in	White County, AR
15	04/02/06	4.25 in	Desha County, AR

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	07/12/06	109 kt	125	Estimated	McLean County, ND
2	07/26/06	104 kt	120	Estimated	Ford County, KS
3	05/19/06	102 kt	117	Measured	Morrow County, OR
4	02/17/06	98 kt	113	Measured	Saratoga County, NY
5	04/16/06	95 kt	109	Estimated	Macon County, IL
6	03/12/06	93 kt	107	Measured	Rock Island County, IL
7	08/01/06	92 kt	106	Measured	Utah County, UT
8	08/02/06	92 kt	106	Measured	Pratt County, KS
9	05/04/06	91 kt	105	Measured	McCurtain County, OK
10	03/09/06	90 kt	104	Estimated	Breckinridge County, KY
11	03/09/06	90 kt	104	Estimated	Hardin County, KY
12	06/21/06	88 kt	101	Measured	Kearny County, KS
13	08/02/06	87 kt	100	Measured	Lincoln County, KS
14	08/23/06	87 kt	100	Measured	LaPorte County, IN
15	03/09/06	87 kt	100	Estimated	Carlisle County, KY

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/12/06	F4	Paris to Monroe City, Missouri	MO	29.0 mi	500 yd	0	0
09/22/06	F4	Perryville, MO to Murphysboro, IL	MO, IL	27.5 mi	225 yd	0	6

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/02/06	F3	Caruthersville to Newbern, Tennessee	TN	18.0 mi	880 yd	16	70
11/16/06	F3	Sandyfield, North Carolina	NC	2.2 mi	300 yd	8	20
04/07/06	F3	Goodlettsville to Gallatin, Tennessee	TN	22.7 mi	880 yd	7	128
04/02/06	F3	Dyer to McKenzie, Tennessee	TN	31.0 mi	880 yd	6	44
03/12/06	F3	Higbee to Paris, Missouri	MO	19.7 mi	300 yd	4	26
05/09/06	F3	Anna to Trenton, Texas	TX	9.3 mi	300 yd	3	10
03/11/06	F3	Perryville to Tamaroa, Missouri	MO	53.5 mi	400 yd	2	12
04/02/06	F3	Pocahontas, AR to Caruthersville, MO	AR, MO	77.0 mi	880 yd	2	177
04/02/06	F3	Kenton to Rutherford, Tennessee	TN	8.0 mi	880 yd	2	6
04/07/06	F1	Woodbury to McMinnville, Tennessee	TN	11.0 mi	150 yd	2	0
01/13/06	F1	Evergreen, Alabama	AL	1.0 mi	880 yd	1	0
03/12/06	F2	Sedalia to Smithton, Missouri	MO	11.2 mi	500 yd	1	6
03/12/06	F2	Butler to Holden, Missouri	MO	26.0 mi	450 yd	1	13
03/12/06	F2	Lamar to Osceola, Missouri	MO	38.0 mi	300 yd	1	7
03/12/06	F3	Aurora to Battlefield, Missouri	MO	42.0 mi	250 yd	1	8

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.

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