Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- July 5, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Monona County, 0.51 mi E of Mapleton
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -95.790
Numerous trees and power lines were reported downed in town.
Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 5, 2016
A very hot and humid airmass resided over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on the evening of July 5th. This led to extreme instability over the area.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 happened
The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
A very hot and humid airmass resided over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on the evening of July 5th. This led to extreme instability over the area. A cluster of thunderstorms developed over central Nebraska and moved east northeast into this atmosphere. These thunderstorms were response for wind damage, some significant, as they moved across eastern Nebraska and into west central Iowa.
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 5, 4:54 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:54 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
554 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
.SHORT TERM...(tonight through Friday)
Issued at 245 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2016
Low pressure was located over southeast South Dakota at 18z with a
warm front extending from the low into central Minnesota and a
trough stretching into central Nebraska. This system will trigger
thunderstorms across the region tonight as it tracks east towards
the Upper Midwest. Lots of warm air across the area ahead of the
system this afternoon with 18Z sounding still showing a cap in
place. Main development is expected north of the area ahead of the
surface low initially this afternoon then along the trough over
central Nebraska by late afternoon into the evening with the whole
system pushing east overnight.
High dewpoints were also located across the area at 19z with mid
to upper 70s common in southeast Nebraska into southwest Iowa.
Will continue with Heat Advisory until expiration this evening as
many sites at or close to criteria early this afternoon. High
clouds may hamper temperatures a bit but most sites likely to
still reach 90 or above during the afternoon.
Area still looks to be between systems on Wednesday with the day
mainly dry before next threat of storms comes back Wednesday night
into Thursday as the next cold front drops into the area. Dry and
not as hot conditions follow behind the front Friday.
.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 245 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2016
Pattern goes through some additional amplification over the
weekend as ridge builds into Canada with deep troughs on each
coast. Some hit or miss thunderstorms during this time with
better chance during the overnight periods. Stronger wave comes
into the Northern Rockies by early next week with trough extending
into the central plains. As this trough swings across the region
another good chance of storms returns for Monday.
&&
.AVIATION...(00Z TAFS for KOMA...KLNK...KOFK through 00Z Thursday)
Issued at 555 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2016
Low confidence forecast but expect mainly VFR conditions outside
of any thunderstorm activity until late tonight. Some fog is
possible a few hours before and after sunrise. Thunderstorm
coverage looks too spotty to have much mention if TAFS...but did
have a PROB30 group for KLNK and KOMA late. Storms may increase
in coverage to our west this evening and spread eastward.
&&
.OAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NE...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for NEZ052-053-066>068-
078-088>093.
IA...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for IAZ069-079-080-090-
091.
&&
SHORT TERM...Fobert
LONG TERM...Fobert
AVIATION...MillerHazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 2:59 PM CST, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 359 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-061100- 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- 359 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS ALL AREAS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING MICROBURST WIND GUSTS TO OCCUR. HOWEVER SHEAR LOOKS TO REMAIN WEAK...SO SUSTAINED ORGANIZED INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. OTHERWISE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORE STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS COULD IMPACT THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN THURSDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 COULD AGAIN REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. FOBERT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:07 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
907 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0901 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 41.43N 97.36W
07/05/2016 PLATTE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
DFOBERTLocal storm report, Jul 5, 8:16 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
916 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0858 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S COLUMBUS 41.36N 97.36W
07/05/2016 BUTLER NE EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMI ROLLED OVER BY WINDS-HWY 81 AND COUNTY ROAD 42.
&&
J-E.KLISHLocal storm report, Jul 5, 8:19 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
919 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND GST COLUMBUS 41.43N 97.36W
07/05/2016 E70 MPH PLATTE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
&&
J-E.KLISHLocal storm report, Jul 5, 8:28 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
928 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM TSTM WND DMG SCHUYLER 41.45N 97.06W
07/05/2016 COLFAX NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEMI BLOWN OVER...WIND DAMAGE IN TOWN
&&
DFOBERTLocal storm report, Jul 5, 9:04 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1004 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1001 PM TSTM WND GST TEKAMAH 41.78N 96.22W
07/05/2016 M66 MPH BURT NE ASOS
TEKAMAH AIRPORT
&&
DFOBERTLocal storm report, Jul 5, 9:22 PM CST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1022 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1016 PM TSTM WND GST TEKAMAH 41.78N 96.22W
07/05/2016 M78 MPH BURT NE ASOS
TEKAMAH AIRPORT
&&
DFOBERTThe radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:38 UTC.
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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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 5 to 6, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 5, 2016
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More
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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: 639375.