The severe wind outbreak of July 13, 2016
421 wind reportsIllinois, Missouri, Kansas and 18 more states
421 damaging wind reports across 21 states between 2:47 AM and 12:51 AM the next day CDT, 26 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 87 mph in Clay County, KS. 69 hail reports and 1 tornado the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · July 13, 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
- 421
- 69th of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
- 75 mph or more
- 26
- 5 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 87 mph
- 76 knots, Clay County, KS
- Measured
- 51
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 5 injured
- Counties reporting
- 243
- in 21 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.
| 4:20 AM | Graham County KS | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 9:19 PM | Hamilton County OH | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 8:32 AM | Riley County KS | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Clay County IL | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 8:08 AM | Clay County KS | 87 mph | Measured |
| 4:48 PM | Franklin County IL | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 AM | Ellis County KS | 81 mph | Measured |
| 7:04 AM | Lincoln County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 8:45 AM | Pottawatomie County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:02 AM | Pottawatomie County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 10:02 AM | Jefferson County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:18 PM | Oneida County NY | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 6:23 AM | Russell County KS | 77 mph | Measured |
| 5:55 AM | Ellis County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:35 AM | Russell County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:05 AM | Ellsworth County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:55 PM | Randolph County MO | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:20 PM | Pike County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Crawford County MO | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 PM | Boone County IN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Perry County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:35 PM | Perry County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:49 PM | Franklin County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:07 PM | Hamilton County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:52 PM | LaSalle County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:10 AM | Payne County OK | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 AM | Russell County KS | 72 mph | Measured |
| 12:11 AM | Payne County OK | 72 mph | Measured |
| 4:08 PM | Madison County NY | 70 mph | Measured |
| 6:25 AM | Russell County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 AM | Barton County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:13 AM | Clay County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 8:52 AM | Pottawatomie County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:35 PM | Warren County IA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:25 PM | Phelps County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:09 PM | Scott County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Knox County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Cass County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 PM | Marshall County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:08 PM | Sangamon County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Peoria County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Peoria County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:18 PM | Peoria County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:23 PM | Sangamon County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:40 PM | Christian County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:44 PM | Jefferson County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Peoria County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Tazewell County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:49 PM | Knox County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Logan County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Logan County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:55 PM | Macon County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:58 PM | Woodford County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:58 PM | Macon County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | De Witt County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:03 PM | Macon County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:05 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:06 PM | Effingham County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:08 PM | Effingham County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:09 PM | Shelby County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:09 PM | Effingham County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:12 PM | Randolph County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:12 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | McLean County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:18 PM | Shelby County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:19 PM | Effingham County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Clay County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:28 PM | McLean County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Cumberland County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Jasper County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Coles County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:32 PM | Richland County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:35 PM | Coles County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:38 PM | Coles County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:39 PM | Richland County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Richland County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | McLean County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 PM | Edgar County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 PM | Edgar County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 PM | Clark County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:56 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 PM | Tazewell County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:15 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:15 PM | Sullivan County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:03 PM | Putnam County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:25 PM | Garfield County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:18 AM | Payne County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:35 AM | Payne County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:50 PM | Cole County MO | 69 mph | Measured |
| 4:00 PM | Randolph County IL | 69 mph | Measured |
| 4:00 PM | Henry County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Oneida County NY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Oneida County NY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Oneida County NY | 69 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Illinois | 125 | 69 mph |
| Missouri | 62 | 69 mph |
| Kansas | 48 | 87 mph |
| Indiana | 48 | 61 mph |
| Ohio | 47 | 58 mph |
| New York | 19 | 70 mph |
| Iowa | 15 | 62 mph |
| Oklahoma | 12 | 72 mph |
| Michigan | 10 | — |
| Kentucky | 10 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 60 mph |
| Minnesota | 4 | 58 mph |
| Mississippi | 4 | — |
| Florida | 3 | — |
| Virginia | 3 | — |
| Wisconsin | 1 | — |
| Texas | 1 | 60 mph |
| Alabama | 1 | — |
| South Carolina | 1 | — |
| Maryland | 1 | — |
| Tennessee | 1 | — |
| North Carolina | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Madison CountyNY · 7 reports
- Henry CountyIL · 6 reports
- Clay CountyIL · 6 reports
- Payne CountyOK · 6 reports
- LaSalle CountyIL · 5 reports
- Kankakee CountyIL · 5 reports
- Oneida CountyNY · 5 reports
- Pottawatomie CountyKS · 5 reports
- Russell CountyKS · 5 reports
- Champaign CountyIL · 5 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
69 hail reports, 1 of 2 inches or more; 1 tornado.
| 11:42 PM | Garfield County OK | 2.17 |
| 3:01 PM | Vigo County IN | 1.75 |
| 5:57 PM | Guthrie County IA | 1.75 |
| 7:24 PM | Sumner County KS | 1.75 |
| 8:10 PM | Camden County MO | 1.75 |
| 8:32 AM | Watonwan County MN | 1.50 |
| 8:44 AM | Ida County IA | 1.50 |
| 7:45 PM | Pulaski County MO | 1.50 |
| 8:24 PM | Sumner County KS | 1.50 |
| 8:47 PM | Sumner County KS | 1.50 |
| 11:00 AM | St. Croix County WI | 1.40 |
| 2:41 PM | Collier County FL | 1.25 |
| 3:08 PM | Vigo County IN | 1.25 |
| 4:20 AM | Graham County KS | 1.00 |
| 7:00 AM | Osceola County IA | 1.00 |
| 7:57 AM | Cottonwood County MN | 1.00 |
| 8:00 AM | Sioux County IA | 1.00 |
| 8:10 AM | Watonwan County MN | 1.00 |
| 8:26 AM | Plymouth County IA | 1.00 |
| 8:42 AM | Watonwan County MN | 1.00 |
| 8:44 AM | Blue Earth County MN | 1.00 |
| 9:41 AM | Shawnee County KS | 1.00 |
| 11:12 AM | St. Croix County WI | 1.00 |
| 11:22 AM | Dunn County WI | 1.00 |
| 11:30 AM | Dunn County WI | 1.00 |
| 1:45 PM | Camden County MO | 1.00 |
| 2:28 PM | Baraga County MI | 1.00 |
| 2:50 PM | St. Charles County MO | 1.00 |
| 3:25 PM | Sheboygan County WI | 1.00 |
| 3:37 PM | Charleston County SC | 1.00 |
| 3:41 PM | Haywood County NC | 1.00 |
| 5:56 PM | Marion County IN | 1.00 |
| 5:56 PM | Marion County IN | 1.00 |
| 6:00 PM | LaSalle County IL | 1.00 |
| 6:19 PM | Preble County OH | 1.00 |
| 7:17 PM | Franklin County AL | 1.00 |
| 8:09 PM | Cowley County KS | 1.00 |
| 8:26 PM | Cowley County KS | 1.00 |
| 8:39 PM | Camden County MO | 1.00 |
| 10:48 PM | Sherman County KS | 1.00 |
| 11:45 PM | Garfield County OK | 1.00 |
| 12:01 AM | Garfield County OK | 1.00 |
| 12:10 AM | Garfield County OK | 1.00 |
| 6:50 AM | Sioux County IA | 0.88 |
| 8:22 AM | Plymouth County IA | 0.88 |
| 8:59 AM | Pottawatomie County KS | 0.88 |
| 9:30 AM | Blue Earth County MN | 0.88 |
| 2:25 PM | Houghton County MI | 0.88 |
| 2:35 PM | Franklin County MO | 0.88 |
| 4:52 PM | Putnam County IN | 0.88 |
- EF0 tornado9:18 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.