On the morning of July 7th a large MCS bow moved out of eastern Nebraska and brought widespread wind damage to most of the area. Most the wind damage was relegated mostly to trees and powerlines, however a few outbuildings and vehicles were also damaged.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
On the morning of July 7th a large MCS bow moved out of eastern Nebraska and brought widespread wind damage to most of the area. Most the wind damage was relegated mostly to trees and powerlines, however a few outbuildings and vehicles were also damaged. No injuries were reported from this system.
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 10:39 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 1139 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 .Discussion... Issued at 336 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 Main concern in the short term forecast period will be thunderstorm chances overnight as an MCS propagates southeastward from south central SD into the upper Midwest. The most likely trajectory for this system -- even accounting for some deviation due to cold pool propagation -- should take it north of the CWA. However, outflow from the system may drop southward into the forecast area and spark another round of morning convection in an unstable but weakly capped environment. Deep-layer shear will be marginally supportive of organized convection as midlevel winds begin to increase slightly, but will still be significantly weaker than in areas to our north. A few strong wind gusts or small hail will be the main threats with any stronger cores, and the strong storm threat will decrease north to south as shear also decreases. The potential for this repeat round of morning convection means that tomorrow's temperatures could again be much cooler than models indicate during the morning through early afternoon hours, so have trended below guidance in both high temperatures and in dewpoints to better reflect this morning's evolution. As a result, purposely kept heat indices below advisory criteria through tomorrow afternoon, and would hesitate to bump these up significantly or to issue any sort of heat headline tomorrow unless it becomes clear that morning convection will not materialize. A cold front will begin sinking southward through the forecast area by late tomorrow evening; however, the environment will likely be capped and convection along the front may be spotty at best, especially if boundary layer mixing is limited during the morning and early afternoon. The best upper-level forcing to help support convective initiation will be near the IA/MO border and northward, so have kept PoPs highest in this area and diminished them to the south and southwest. Strong to severe storms are possible along the MO/IA border and into far northeast MO where shear will remain the strongest and storm coverage should be a bit more widespread, and both wind and hail will be possible due to very high instability and increased DCAPE. Temperatures will be marginally cooler behind the front on Friday and Saturday, and should at least be enough to keep the forecast area out of heat headline territory through Saturday. Thursday evening's cold front, which will slow and eventually stall south of the area Friday, may begin to lift back to the north as a warm front on Saturday and bring a return of thunderstorm chances as early as Saturday afternoon or evening. Models then begin to diverge Sunday through the beginning of next week on the strength and position of a brief ridge that may set up over the region, and on additional waves that could moderate temperatures and bring rain chances early next week. && .Aviation...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Thursday Night) Issued at 1127 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 Storms over south central Nebraska will work their way ESE into the terminals overnight and mostly affect areas north of I-70, including much of the Kansas City metro. Isolated storms may reach as far south as KIXD. Strong wind gusts are possible in the early morning hours Thursday as storms push ESE. Activity should taper off by the mid to late morning hours with conditions improving through the afternoon. Another round of convection is possible Thursday evening. This will once again impact areas mostly across northern Missouri, though the southern extent of activity impacting the terminals will need to be assessed Thursday afternoon. && .EAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... KS...None. MO...None. && Discussion...Laflin Aviation...Welsh
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 503 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-071015- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 503 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 105 DEGREES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT MONDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN INTO THURSDAY WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 108 DEGREES. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
351 AM CDT THU JUL 07 2016
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0325 AM TSTM WND DMG FAIRFAX 40.34N 95.39W
07/07/2016 ATCHISON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AND A GRAIN BIN BLOWN OVER ALONG
HIGHWAY 59.
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CDBThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:52 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees of unknown size or condition were down.
Several large branches of unknown size or condition were down on top of houses.
A tree of unknown size or condition was down on a house near S 37th Street and Harmony Drive.
A large tree of unknown size or condition was down over a road near Fairway. This report was received via social media.
Several large branches of unknown size or condition were down on powerlines near Lake Quivira.
An 8 to 10 inch Ash tree snapped.
A tree of approximately 6 inches was down over the a road. This report was received via social media.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, 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: 650341, 650342, 650343, 650344, 650345, 650346, 650347.