Storm reports for April 7, 2006

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On April 7, 2006, 723 hail, 213 damaging-wind and 56 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Hardeman County, TN. Tornadoes killed 10.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (723)

Showing the 300 largest of 723.

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $127 million in property damage, $6.4 million in crop damage, 150 injuries and 10 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (1,004 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sumner County, TN (near Gallatin) · Tornado F3 · $69 million · 7 deaths · 121 injuries
  “This is where the tornado struck hit the hardest in Sumner County. It entered Hendersonville from Goodlettsville at 1312 CST, and struck Gallatin at 1325 CST. An aerial survey determined this tornado had a path length of 22.75 miles from Davidson County and into Sumner County.”
• Warren County, TN (near Mc Minnville) · Tornado F1 · $500,000 · 2 deaths
  “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.”
• Warren County, TN (near Mc Minnville) · Tornado F1 · $100,000 · 1 death
  “A second F1 tornado hit Warren County almost two hours later from the first tornado. The tornado touched down near Morrison, TN along Caney Branch Road. This storm complex came out of Coffee County. There was extensive damage to a barn. A cinder block building was badly damaged.”
• Davidson County, TN (near Goodlettsville) · Tornado F3 · $10 million · 7 injuries
  “The tornado destroyed many residential homes in Goodlettsville. Significant damage was done to the Metro Baptist Church with part of the roof blown off and front of church blown away. This tornado destroyed 25 homes, 13 homes or businesses with major damage and 31 with moderate damage/.”
• Carroll County, TN (near Clarksburg) · Tornado F2 · $2 million · 5 injuries
  “The tornado moved out of Henderson County and continued northeast into Carroll County. The town of Yuma was significantly affected by this tornado with the highest concentration of damage occurring in the residential area between Yuma Baptist Church and the south side of Highway 424.”
• Cumberland County, TN (near Crossville) · Tornado F1 · $4 million · 4 injuries
  “6 homes were destroyed (2 were mobile homes). 6 other homes with 50% of the structure damaged and a total of 181 homes damaged. There was $3.2 million estimate for just homes. This estimate did not include out-buildings or vehicles.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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