The severe wind outbreak of June 15, 2016
308 wind reportsTennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and 16 more states
308 damaging wind reports across 19 states between 1:30 AM and 12:50 AM the next day CDT, 7 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 79 mph in Lubbock County, TX. 74 hail reports and 1 tornado the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 15, 2016
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 308
- on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
- 75 mph or more
- 7
- 0 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 79 mph
- 69 knots, Lubbock County, TX
- Measured
- 27
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 4 injured
- Counties reporting
- 155
- in 19 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 1:30 AM | Shawnee County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 AM | Jefferson County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:35 PM | Graves County KY | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:36 PM | Marshall County KY | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 7:41 PM | Lubbock County TX | 79 mph | Measured |
| 6:45 PM | Lamb County TX | 75 mph | Measured |
| 1:42 PM | Sumter County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:59 PM | Harvey County KS | 71 mph | Measured |
| 1:23 PM | McCracken County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:59 PM | Marshall County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 PM | Hickman County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:06 PM | Jasper County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:11 PM | Jasper County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Crawford County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Jasper County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:17 PM | Crawford County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:17 PM | Jasper County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:47 PM | Adams County WI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:07 PM | Knox County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Madison County AL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 PM | Dickinson County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:57 PM | Hale County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:45 PM | Saline County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:52 PM | Shawnee County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 10:19 PM | Miami County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:32 PM | Hale County TX | 69 mph | Measured |
| 3:45 PM | Robertson County TN | 67 mph | Measured |
| 4:03 PM | Marion County IN | 66 mph | Measured |
| 4:07 PM | Marion County IN | 66 mph | Measured |
| 6:35 PM | Hockley County TX | 66 mph | Measured |
| 7:07 PM | Pecos County TX | 66 mph | Measured |
| 7:22 PM | Mississippi County AR | 64 mph | Measured |
| 4:10 AM | Dallas County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | Jefferson County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 12:55 PM | Henderson County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 1:45 PM | Daviess County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 PM | Marshall County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 PM | Calloway County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Fulton County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Christian County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Sullivan County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Daviess County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Daviess County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:54 PM | Marion County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:28 PM | Waushara County WI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 6:07 PM | Limestone County AL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:01 PM | Saline County KS | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 9:45 PM | Muskegon County MI | 63 mph | Measured |
| 1:37 PM | Sumter County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:28 PM | Sequatchie County TN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:48 PM | Hamilton County TN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:08 PM | Rockingham County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 8:15 PM | Cherokee County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 PM | Saline County KS | 62 mph | Measured |
| 7:30 PM | Hale County TX | 62 mph | Measured |
| 8:25 PM | Briscoe County TX | 62 mph | Measured |
| 8:45 PM | Hall County TX | 62 mph | Measured |
| 9:10 PM | Glasscock County TX | 62 mph | Measured |
| 4:00 PM | Marion County IN | 61 mph | Measured |
| 6:10 PM | Cochran County TX | 61 mph | Measured |
| 2:00 PM | Carteret County NC | 60 mph | Measured |
| 5:30 PM | Giles County TN | 60 mph | Measured |
| 5:40 PM | Roosevelt County NM | 60 mph | Measured |
| 6:34 PM | Grant County KY | 60 mph | Measured |
| 9:33 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 60 mph | Measured |
| 3:00 AM | St. Clair County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:05 AM | St. Clair County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 AM | Hickory County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 11:35 AM | Orange County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 11:46 AM | Washington County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 11:46 AM | Washington County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:45 PM | Jefferson County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:10 PM | Jefferson County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:25 PM | Trigg County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:39 PM | Ohio County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Ozark County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Muhlenberg County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:46 PM | Ohio County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 PM | Marion County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:02 PM | Coles County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:02 PM | Coles County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:07 PM | Butler County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Butler County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:14 PM | Butler County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Christian County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:22 PM | Montgomery County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Logan County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 PM | Daviess County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 PM | Logan County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:38 PM | Warren County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 PM | Robertson County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Daviess County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Bullitt County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Robertson County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Dickson County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:46 PM | Clark County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:48 PM | Simpson County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Clark County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Robertson County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:54 PM | Simpson County KY | 60 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Tennessee | 104 | 67 mph |
| Kentucky | 38 | 60 mph |
| Indiana | 34 | 66 mph |
| Alabama | 33 | — |
| Kansas | 17 | 71 mph |
| Texas | 13 | 79 mph |
| Illinois | 13 | — |
| Ohio | 10 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | 60 mph |
| Wisconsin | 5 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | 63 mph |
| Missouri | 5 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | — |
| Arkansas | 4 | 64 mph |
| Georgia | 4 | — |
| Virginia | 4 | — |
| West Virginia | 3 | — |
| Mississippi | 1 | — |
| New Mexico | 1 | 60 mph |
| Minnesota | 0 | — |
| PR | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Wilson CountyTN · 17 reports
- Davidson CountyTN · 17 reports
- Marion CountyIN · 9 reports
- Lincoln CountyTN · 9 reports
- Madison CountyAL · 7 reports
- Sumner CountyTN · 7 reports
- Rutherford CountyTN · 6 reports
- Marshall CountyAL · 6 reports
- Orange CountyIN · 5 reports
- Daviess CountyIN · 5 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
74 hail reports, 5 of 2 inches or more; 1 tornado.
| 5:59 PM | Briscoe County TX | 2.75 |
| 5:30 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 2.50 |
| 5:42 PM | Harvey County KS | 2.50 |
| 4:58 PM | Adams County WI | 2.00 |
| 6:25 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 2.00 |
| 4:35 PM | Juneau County WI | 1.75 |
| 5:25 PM | Waushara County WI | 1.75 |
| 5:35 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.75 |
| 5:42 PM | Waupaca County WI | 1.75 |
| 6:07 PM | Saline County KS | 1.75 |
| 6:50 PM | Independence County AR | 1.75 |
| 8:01 PM | Briscoe County TX | 1.75 |
| 11:25 PM | Van Buren County MI | 1.75 |
| 4:49 PM | Adams County WI | 1.50 |
| 5:09 PM | Harvey County KS | 1.50 |
| 5:12 PM | Floyd County TX | 1.50 |
| 8:22 PM | Ozaukee County WI | 1.50 |
| 5:01 PM | Adams County WI | 1.25 |
| 8:55 PM | Shawnee County KS | 1.25 |
| 10:02 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.25 |
| 2:30 PM | Moultrie County IL | 1.00 |
| 3:23 PM | Obion County TN | 1.00 |
| 3:37 PM | Clark County IL | 1.00 |
| 4:07 PM | Vigo County IN | 1.00 |
| 4:10 PM | Osborne County KS | 1.00 |
| 4:36 PM | Juneau County WI | 1.00 |
| 4:42 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 4:45 PM | Adams County WI | 1.00 |
| 4:53 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 4:56 PM | Adams County WI | 1.00 |
| 5:01 PM | Harvey County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:12 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:18 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:34 PM | Harvey County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:34 PM | Butler County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:40 PM | Harvey County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:40 PM | Waupaca County WI | 1.00 |
| 5:43 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 5:53 PM | Outagamie County WI | 1.00 |
| 5:59 PM | Harvey County KS | 1.00 |
| 6:15 PM | Independence County AR | 1.00 |
| 6:16 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 6:23 PM | Greene County AR | 1.00 |
| 6:26 PM | McPherson County KS | 1.00 |
| 6:40 PM | Fond du Lac County WI | 1.00 |
| 7:01 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
| 7:06 PM | McPherson County KS | 1.00 |
| 7:55 PM | Washington County WI | 1.00 |
| 7:55 PM | Ward County TX | 1.00 |
| 8:14 PM | Sedgwick County KS | 1.00 |
- EFU tornado6:47 PM CDT
2016 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.