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The severe wind outbreak of July 6, 2016

429 wind reportsTennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky and 22 more states

429 damaging wind reports across 25 states between 1:01 AM and 12:50 AM the next day CDT, 23 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 115 mph in Meade County, SD. 60 hail reports and 11 tornadoes the same day.

Watch the day unfold

Severe wind day · July 6, 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.

About this replay
Central time—Historical replay — logged report times
Wind reports—of 429 that day
Strongest gust—measured, so far
Largest hail—so far

The day in numbers

Wind reports
429
66th of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
75 mph or more
23
4 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
Strongest measured gust
115 mph
100 knots, Meade County, SD
Measured
64
reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
Killed by wind
1
3 injured
Counties reporting
256
in 25 states

Hour by hour

Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Wind reports per hour, July 6, 2016 1 AM: 14 2 AM: 13 3 AM: 6 4 AM: 3 5 AM: 3 6 AM: 0 7 AM: 3 8 AM: 8 9 AM: 13 10 AM: 7 11 AM: 13 Noon: 18 1 PM: 27 2 PM: 28 3 PM: 40 4 PM: 67 67 5 PM: 47 6 PM: 26 7 PM: 24 8 PM: 35 9 PM: 22 10 PM: 4 11 PM: 3 Midnight: 5 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

The strongest winds

The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.

Strongest wind reports, July 6, 2016
5:44 PMMeade County SD115 mph100Measured0
5:40 PMMeade County SD114 mph99Estimated0
5:52 PMHaakon County SD91 mph79Estimated0
2:10 AMDickinson County KS86 mph75Measured0
12:56 PMScott County MO85 mph74Estimated0
8:12 PMLyman County SD84 mph73Measured0
8:20 PMChildress County TX84 mph73Measured0
8:45 PMJackson County OK82 mph71Measured0
8:50 PMHarmon County OK81 mph70Measured0
11:50 AMWashington County MO81 mph70Estimated0
12:15 PMButler County MO81 mph70Estimated0
1:25 PMBallard County KY81 mph70Estimated0
3:00 PMCuster County MT81 mph70Estimated1
5:50 PMPennington County SD81 mph70Estimated0
8:00 PMKeith County NE81 mph70Estimated0
9:15 PMLincoln County NE78 mph68Measured0
8:20 PMChildress County TX77 mph67Measured0
8:21 PMChildress County TX76 mph66Measured0
4:40 PMFallon County MT75 mph65Measured0
8:25 PMMotley County TX75 mph65Measured0
8:50 PMHardeman County TX75 mph65Measured0
3:00 AMLaSalle County IL75 mph65Estimated0
1:49 PMMassac County IL75 mph65Estimated0
8:45 PMHarmon County OK74 mph64Measured0
1:45 AMMcPherson County KS72 mph63Measured0
7:50 PMHall County TX72 mph63Measured0
8:15 PMLyman County SD72 mph63Measured0
6:59 PMAdams County ND70 mph61Measured0
9:19 PMWilbarger County TX70 mph61Measured0
1:10 AMEllsworth County KS70 mph61Estimated0
1:30 AMRice County KS70 mph61Estimated0
1:45 AMMcPherson County KS70 mph61Estimated0
3:07 AMDubuque County IA70 mph61Estimated0
11:20 AMReynolds County MO70 mph61Estimated0
11:42 AMIron County MO70 mph61Estimated0
11:50 AMSt. Francois County MO70 mph61Estimated0
12:10 PMSte. Genevieve County MO70 mph61Estimated0
12:20 PMBollinger County MO70 mph61Estimated0
12:35 PMStoddard County MO70 mph61Estimated0
1:10 PMMississippi County MO70 mph61Estimated0
1:15 PMPulaski County IL70 mph61Estimated0
1:25 PMCarlisle County KY70 mph61Estimated0
1:30 PMHickman County KY70 mph61Estimated0
1:39 PMGraves County KY70 mph61Estimated0
1:45 PMMcCracken County KY70 mph61Estimated0
2:00 PMMarshall County KY70 mph61Estimated0
2:10 PMLyon County KY70 mph61Estimated0
2:10 PMCalloway County KY70 mph61Estimated0
3:04 PMCuster County MT70 mph61Estimated0
5:25 PMMeade County SD70 mph61Estimated0
5:30 PMMeade County SD70 mph61Estimated0
6:15 PMHaakon County SD70 mph61Estimated0
6:28 PMCherry County NE70 mph61Estimated0
7:00 PMHettinger County ND70 mph61Estimated0
7:18 PMSully County SD70 mph61Estimated0
8:00 PMKeith County NE70 mph61Estimated0
8:00 PMKeith County NE70 mph61Estimated0
8:15 PMMcPherson County NE70 mph61Estimated0
8:24 PMEctor County TX70 mph61Estimated0
8:25 PMHyde County SD70 mph61Estimated0
8:25 PMHyde County SD70 mph61Estimated0
8:25 PMHyde County SD70 mph61Estimated0
8:40 PMBoyd County NE70 mph61Estimated0
9:10 PMJackson County OK70 mph61Estimated0
9:15 PMWilbarger County TX70 mph61Estimated0
9:30 PMLyman County SD70 mph61Estimated0
10:22 PMFurnas County NE70 mph61Estimated0
6:20 PMPennington County SD69 mph60Measured0
6:46 PMStanley County SD69 mph60Measured0
8:22 PMEctor County TX69 mph60Measured0
9:14 PMLincoln County NE69 mph60Measured0
2:46 AMCook County IL69 mph60Estimated0
4:15 AMHenry County IL69 mph60Estimated0
12:53 PMSaluda County SC69 mph60Estimated0
12:57 PMSaluda County SC69 mph60Estimated0
12:59 PMMcCormick County SC69 mph60Estimated0
2:37 PMNewberry County SC69 mph60Estimated0
2:40 PMLexington County SC69 mph60Estimated0
3:00 PMFairfield County SC69 mph60Estimated0
3:09 PMFairfield County SC69 mph60Estimated0
3:29 PMFairfield County SC69 mph60Estimated0
3:50 PMBamberg County SC69 mph60Estimated0
4:12 PMClarendon County SC69 mph60Estimated0
6:10 PMZiebach County SD68 mph59Measured0
8:45 PMHand County SD68 mph59Measured0
9:05 PMLincoln County NE68 mph59Measured0
1:37 PMMcCracken County KY67 mph58Measured0
7:00 PMJackson County SD66 mph57Measured0
8:47 PMHyde County SD66 mph57Measured0
2:29 PMCaldwell County KY64 mph56Measured0
6:56 PMStanley County SD64 mph56Measured0
8:30 PMMidland County TX64 mph56Measured0
8:50 PMLyman County SD64 mph56Measured0
8:48 AMWapello County IA64 mph56Estimated0
8:56 AMWapello County IA64 mph56Estimated0
9:02 AMGreene County IN64 mph56Estimated0
10:55 AMBoone County MO64 mph56Estimated0
11:50 AMRipley County MO64 mph56Estimated0
12:07 PMMadison County MO64 mph56Estimated0
12:32 PMCape Girardeau County MO64 mph56Estimated0

By state

Severe weather reports by state, July 6, 2016
Tennessee63—41.00
South Carolina54—0—
Kentucky4867 mph0—
South Dakota42115 mph173.00
Georgia34—0—
Nebraska3178 mph211.75
Missouri3160 mph21.00
Illinois24—10.88
Iowa1763 mph0—
Texas1584 mph0—
Kansas1286 mph10.88
North Dakota870 mph51.00
Mississippi7—10.88
Oklahoma682 mph0—
North Carolina5—11.00
Ohio5—0—
Montana475 mph61.50
Indiana4—0—
West Virginia4—0—
Wyoming459 mph0—
Arkansas3—0—
Virginia3—0—
Alabama2—0—
Wisconsin2—0—
Florida1—11.00

Counties with the most wind reports

Hail and tornadoes that day

60 hail reports, 2 of 2 inches or more; 11 tornadoes.

Largest hail, July 6, 2016
5:23 PMMeade County SD3.00
5:10 PMMeade County SD2.50
3:03 AMMeade County SD1.75
5:20 PMPennington County SD1.75
5:20 PMMeade County SD1.75
7:35 PMArthur County NE1.75
8:00 PMLincoln County NE1.75
8:45 PMLincoln County NE1.75
9:15 PMLincoln County NE1.75
10:30 PMLincoln County NE1.75
2:50 AMMeade County SD1.50
4:00 AMMeade County SD1.50
2:45 PMDawson County MT1.50
5:10 PMHarding County SD1.50
5:19 PMMeade County SD1.50
9:00 PMBrule County SD1.50
9:12 PMLincoln County NE1.50
3:21 AMMeade County SD1.25
3:05 PMDawes County NE1.25
4:35 PMArthur County NE1.25
5:22 PMMeade County SD1.25
7:20 PMArthur County NE1.25
10:50 AMBoone County MO1.00
2:00 PMDawson County MT1.00
3:45 PMWibaux County MT1.00
3:50 PMButte County SD1.00
3:54 PMGolden Valley County ND1.00
4:25 PMSheridan County NE1.00
4:40 PMFallon County MT1.00
4:42 PMArthur County NE1.00
4:42 PMSheridan County NE1.00
4:55 PMSlope County ND1.00
5:06 PMArthur County NE1.00
5:15 PMMeade County SD1.00
5:20 PMMaury County TN1.00
5:35 PMDawes County NE1.00
5:35 PMSlope County ND1.00
6:15 PMHaakon County SD1.00
6:39 PMHenderson County NC1.00
7:30 PMVolusia County FL1.00
8:45 PMLincoln County NE1.00
12:02 AMFranklin County NE1.00
2:23 AMSedgwick County KS0.88
2:39 AMDeKalb County IL0.88
3:10 PMGolden Valley County ND0.88
4:30 PMMeade County SD0.88
5:09 PMArthur County NE0.88
5:20 PMArthur County NE0.88
5:27 PMArthur County NE0.88
5:37 PMNewton County MS0.88
  • EF1 tornado1:26 PM CDT
  • EF1 tornado1:39 PM CDT
  • EF0 tornado4:18 PM CDT
  • EF0 tornado4:40 PM CDT
  • EF1 tornado5:28 PM CDT
  • EF0 tornado5:56 PM CDT
  • EF1 tornado6:25 PM CDT
  • EF1 tornado6:30 PM CDT
  • EF0 tornado7:03 PM CDT
  • EF0 tornado7:55 PM CDT
  • EF0 tornado8:08 PM CDT

2016 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days

  1. 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.
  2. Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
  3. 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.