20 years since the deadly April 2, 2006 Mid-South Tornado Outbreak
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) –
“Look at it. Don’t you see it? You don’t see that big tornado? The big V in the middle of the sky. That’s a tornado.”
A low passing north of the Mid-South on April 2, 2006 introduced a heat and humid day that noticed a excessive of 80 levels in Dyersburg, Tennessee earlier than a chilly entrance introduced deadly storms that night.
The first deadly twister in the Mid-South that night touched down round 4:46pm in Randolph County, Arkansas, leading to over 175 accidents because it ripped by Greene, Dunklin, and Pemiscot Counties. 2 individuals died, one in (*20*) and the different in Caruthersville earlier than the twister lifted earlier than 6:30pm.
“It looked just like a black cloud coming out there and it’s like WHOOOOOOO look at it. I said get out of my way. And by the time I got to the back to where I was going, the top of the house fell on me.”
“We now have golf ball sized hail coming back right down above me”
Minutes later, a second twister touched down from the similar supercell in Dyer County. This shortly strengthened into an F 3 monster with winds over 160 mph. 16 died with 70 accidents north of Dyersburg, with the city of Newbern hit particularly onerous.
“My fire department pager went off and we ran and got in the hallway and got set down and then that’s when it hit. That’s how much warning we had.”
This twister lifted simply earlier than 7pm earlier than that very same supercell as soon as once more dropped one other F-3 twister, this time in Gibson county, with 6 deaths and 42 accidents as the violent tornado tore by the Bradford neighborhood.
“Life is for the living. And we grieve, but I just thank the Lord that He did watch over as many people as He did.”
Just 10 minutes after that twister lifted, a second F-3 twister touched down in Gibson County, this time simply south of the border with Obion County. While the twister was solely on the floor for 9 minutes, it was nonetheless capable of kill 2 and injure 6 others because it introduced over 15 million {dollars} in harm to the Rutherford neighborhood.
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