F3 Tornado — Dyer, Tennessee
2006-04-02 · near Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee
16
Direct deaths
70
Injuries
$20.0M
Property damage
18.0 mi
Path length
880 yds
Path width
Event narrative
A tornado spawned from the same parent supercell that produced damaging tornadoes west of the Mississippi River moved across Dyer County during the evening of April 2nd. The most affected areas were Millsfield, Maxey, and Newbern. The F3 tornado resulted in sixteen fatalities and 70 injuries. Seventy-one homes were destroyed and one hundred eighty-two were damaged.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5506368. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.