Abstract:The severe wind which took place in the morning of April 10, 2006 in Lij iaping town, Shuangpai County, Hunan Province was analyzed based on the postdi saster inspection data, conventional weather data and Yongzhou Doppler radar dat a. It shows that the severe wind was the first confirmed tornado in Yongzhou Cit y in normal meteorological records. It was a supercell tornado, and had classica l tornado hook characteristics in the radar base reflectivity. The strong vertic al wind shear and thermodynamic instability resulted in a mesocyclone in the s upercell. The convergence of on low and middlelevel atmosphere in the mesocycl one resulted in the tornado finally.