Thunderstorms developed over areas of western South Dakota and Nebraska during the afternoon of July 6th. These thunderstorms moved east and developed upscale into a large convective complex that moved into northeast Nebraska during the late evening on the 6th of July.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over areas of western South Dakota and Nebraska during the afternoon of July 6th. These thunderstorms moved east and developed upscale into a large convective complex that moved into northeast Nebraska during the late evening on the 6th of July. The line of thunderstorms moved southeast across all of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa with the primary severe weather threat being from damaging winds. The thunderstorms exited into northeast Kansas and northern Missouri during the early morning. This complex of thunderstorms then left an outflow boundary across the area, which additional thunderstorms developed along during the afternoon of July 7th.
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 7, 2:27 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 327 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016 .SHORT TERM...(today through Saturday) Issued at 257 AM CDT Thu Jul 7 2016 Convection continues to exit the region this morning after an active night of marginal severe storms. Skies will continue to clear behind the activity from northwest to southeast today. Additional thunderstorms are expected this afternoon as a vigorous shortwave trough slides into the Dakotas allowing a cold front to drop into northeast Nebraska by 18z. Thunderstorms are expected to develop near this boundary as it spreads southeast through the afternoon and into the evening. See SWODY1 for details regarding severe potential. Surface high pressure builds overhead Friday with dewpoints in the low 60s. Upper level ridging will build over the Central Plains through the weekend. Models continue to hint at some weak convection developing in warm air advection regime Saturday/Saturday night so will continue small chances for this. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Wednesday) Issued at 257 AM CDT Thu Jul 7 2016 Return flow through the end of the weekend and into early next week will bring heat and moisture back to the area. A fairly potent upper level shortwave will move across MT/WY which will allow a cold front to sink into the area Monday night/Tuesday which is our next good chance for thunderstorms. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS for KOMA...KLNK...KOFK through 06Z Friday) Issued at 1233 AM CDT Thu Jul 7 2016 Variable conditions expected through the TAF cycle with ongoing convection the first first 6 hours. A break in activity is expected during the later morning to early afternoon hours and then another shot of storms is expected mid to late afternoon. && .OAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NE...None. IA...None. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 710 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078- 088>093-071415- HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY- SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA- PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 710 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EAST INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALBION TO SCRIBNER AND LOGAN IOWA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A COUPLE OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST STORM CHANCES WILL BE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WHEN SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT OR THURSDAY...BUT PLEASE PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS. IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-071415- MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT- 710 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ACCELERATE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALBION TO SCRIBNER AND LOGAN IOWA BETWEEN AROUND 9 PM AND 3 AM. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS IN THAT TIMEFRAME. SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THEN LATE TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A COUPLE OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST STORM CHANCES WILL BE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WHEN SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THURSDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
153 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
IAZ056-069-070730-
SHELBY IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
153 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SHELBY AND EASTERN
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...
AT 152 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MANNING TO NEAR OAKLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARLAN...OAKLAND...AVOCA...CARSON...WALNUT...SHELBY...IRWIN...
MACEDONIA...ELK HORN...HANCOCK...KIRKMAN...
FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA...NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA...
BOTNA BEND PARK...OLD TOWN PARK...
ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA AND PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4150 9515 4117 9516 4117 9560 4186 9527
4186 9510 4161 9509 4160 9504 4150 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 277DEG 31KT 4185 9513 4131 9543
MILLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
217 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
NEZ065>068-089-090-070800-
JOHNSON NE-CASS NE-SEWARD NE-GAGE NE-LANCASTER NE-OTOE NE-
217 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CASS...EAST CENTRAL
SEWARD...NORTHEASTERN GAGE...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...OTOE AND
LANCASTER COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 216 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PALMYRA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...WAVERLY...SYRACUSE...HICKMAN...WEEPING
WATER...BENNET...ELMWOOD...
FIRTH...GREENWOOD...PALMYRA...CORTLAND...STERLING...COOK...UNADILLA..
.
PANAMA...AVOCA...MURDOCK...HALLAM...NEHAWKA AND DOUGLAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 466 AND 496.
HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 32 AND 77.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 390 AND 420.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4038 9681 4088 9693 4100 9644 4080 9591
4047 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 251DEG 56KT 4070 9641
PEARSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 228 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016 NEZ089>092-070815- NEMAHA NE-JOHNSON NE-GAGE NE-PAWNEE NE- 228 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEMAHA...CENTRAL GAGE...PAWNEE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT... AT 228 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BEATRICE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...WYMORE...PAWNEE CITY...BLUE SPRINGS...TABLE ROCK...PICKRELL...SUMMERFIELD...FILLEY...BARNESTON...ELK CREEK...BURCHARD...LIBERTY...STEINAUER...LEWISTON...VIRGINIA...CRAB ORCHARD AND ROCKFORD STATE RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 136 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 218. HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 1 AND 29. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4038 9686 4050 9600 4000 9607 4000 9673 TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 249DEG 34KT 4024 9665 PEARSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
257 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
IAZ079-080-090-091-070830-
FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
257 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY...EASTERN FREMONT...
PAGE AND MILLS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...
AT 257 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MACEDONIA
TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN TO 3 MILES NORTH OF HAMBURG...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED OAK...CLARINDA...GLENWOOD...SHENANDOAH...VILLISCA...MALVERN...
ESSEX...STANTON...FARRAGUT...EMERSON...ELLIOTT...RIVERTON...COIN...
BRADDYVILLE...SILVER CITY...COLLEGE SPRINGS...SHAMBAUGH...
HENDERSON...RANDOLPH AND HASTINGS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4058 9565 4078 9551 4101 9576 4115 9588
4116 9493 4073 9493 4073 9491 4058 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 268DEG 43KT 4114 9542 4092 9553 4065 9566
MILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
325 AM CDT THU JUL 07 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0313 AM TSTM WND GST FALLS CITY 40.08N 95.58W
07/07/2016 M68 MPH RICHARDSON NE ASOS
59 KNOT GUST AT THE FALLS CITY AIRPORT ASOS.
&&
MILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
332 AM CDT THU JUL 07 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0304 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW PERU 40.43N 95.80W
07/07/2016 NEMAHA NE CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE MAPLE TREE FELL ONTO A HOUSE ALLOWING RAIN TO ENTER
INTO THE HOME.
&&
BKERNThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:48 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The emergency manager reported that the roof from the local power plant was removed. A chicken plant on the southwest side of town was also destroyed, and there were numerous large tree branches down in town as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 2016
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: 641617, 641612, 641613.