Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 13, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 13, 2006
Start: 2006-07-13T16:05
End: 2006-07-13T16:05
Location: Iowa

July 13, 2006 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 1:42 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:42 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
242 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

.DISCUSSION...

MOIST/UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION MAINTAINING LINE OF
CONVECTION FROM EASTERN SD...TO NE AND CNTRL NEB THIS AFTERNOON.
ACTIVITY IS JUST AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROF THAT EXTENDED
SWD FROM THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS THRU NRN KS. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
BEING INFLUENCED BY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY CROSSING
THE NRN PLAINS. UPDRAFTS APPEAR QUITE STRONG PER LATEST RADAR
TRENDS AS CELLS MOVE THRU 4000-5000J/KG CAPE ENVIRONMENT. WEATHER
WATCH ALREADY IN PLACE TILL 03Z TONIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT...MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE CWA
THIS EVENING AHEAD OF APPROACHING NORTHERN PLAINS FRONT. ANTICIPATE
ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION THRU EARLY EVENING.
FREEZING LEVEL QUITE HIGH...THUS LIMITING OVERALL HAIL THREAT.
MEANWHILE GOES SALT WINDEX PRODUCTS & DCAPE VALUES SUGGEST MAINLY
WIND EVENT. NAM TPI CONTOURS INDICATE SVR THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH
QUICKLY TOWARD LATE EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...PCPN FOCUS SHIFTS TO
THE SOUTHERN CWA AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY HEADS EAST AND FORCES
DRIER/MOST STABLE AIRMASS TO FILTER IN FROM THE NORTH. NICE WARM
WEEKEND ON TAP AS UPPER HIGH EDGES EAST AND THKNS INCREASE ACROSS THE
PLAINS. TRIPLE-DIGIT HIGHS PROBABLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MOST
LOCATIONS.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...HAVE MADE SOME SUBTLE CHANGES TO POPS
AREAL COVERAGE. OTHERWISE MINOR ADJUSTMENT WRT TEMPS. FOR SUNDAY
NIGHT HAVE BACKED OFF POPS TILL AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR THE NRN CWA WITH
THE GFS SHOWING THE BOUNDARY NOT REACHING THE NRN CWA TILL CLOSE TO
12Z MON. MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE FRONT RELATIVELY WEAK...BUT
ENOUGH TO WARRANT SMALL POPS. ON MONDAY THE MODELS APPEAR TO STALL
THE BOUNDARY NEAR THE SD/NEB BORDER WITH MODEST LIFT ADVERTISED
ACROSS THE NRN CWA. WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN SMALL POPS NORTH WITH
PERSISTENT MOIST BNDRY LYR CONVERGENCE THRU THE DAY. LLVL JET
KICKS IN MONDAY NIGHT AND PUSHES THE BOUNDARY INTO SD/SRN MN. CANT
DISCOUNT THUNDER OVER THE NRN CWA SO WILL MAINTAIN OVERNIGHT POPS.
BY TUESDAY NIGHT...BEST DYNAMICS/MOISTURE GETS MOVED TO THE UPPER
MIDWEST. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FEATURES SHOWN CROSSING THE CWA...WILL
GO AHEAD AND REMOVE POPS. OTHERWISE WILL CONTINUE DRY FCST
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE GFS SHOWS LITTLE REASON TO SUSPECT
PCPN OVER THE CWA DURING THIS TIME.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.

&&

DEE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 11:08 AM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1208 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-140715-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
1208 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND WILL FURTHER STRENTHEN AS A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
RANGE FROM THE LOWER AND MID 90S TO A LITTLE ABOVE 100. HEAT
INDICES DURING THIS TIME COULD REACH 105 TO 110 DURING THE HOTTEST
PART OF THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL OVER ONE HALF INCH
AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT OMAHA.

ZAPOTOCNY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:24 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
424 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     HAIL             3 E SILVER CITY         41.11N 95.58W
07/13/2006  E0.75 INCH       MILLS              IA   PUBLIC

&&

VEGH

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:34 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
434 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             6 SW GRETNA             41.08N 96.33W
07/13/2006  E0.88 INCH       SARPY              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PLATTE RIVER/I80

0430 PM     HAIL             6 SW GRETNA             41.08N 96.33W
07/13/2006  E1.50 INCH       SARPY              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VEGH

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:44 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
444 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE MALVERN            40.95N 95.50W
07/13/2006                   MILLS              IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN

&&

VEGH

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:45 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
445 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N GLENWOOD            41.09N 95.74W
07/13/2006                   MILLS              IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN

&&

VEGH

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:53 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
453 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             4 NW ALVO               40.91N 96.44W
07/13/2006  E1.00 INCH       CASS               NE   PUBLIC

&&

VEGH

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:59 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
459 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             3 E WAVERLY             40.91N 96.47W
07/13/2006  E1.00 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   PUBLIC

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRINGFIELD             41.08N 96.13W
07/13/2006                   SARPY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER OUT WHOLE TOWN AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN

&&

VEGH

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Page

When: July 13, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Page County, Clarinda
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.733, -95.033

Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph downed some trees in Clarinda.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, July 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5523955.