Pockets of wind damage and/or strong winds occurred with bowing convective line segments on this Wednesday night. Isolated supercells developed over western Nebraska late in the afternoon, with multiple tornadoes, spotty wind damage, and large hail occurring. During the evening hours, cell coverage increased leading to multiple cell mergers. By 9 p.m. CST, this resulted in several lines segments that stretched from Yankton, SD to Broken Bow to McCook. Two small bow echoes tracked through south central Nebraska, from Interstate 80 south to the state line, and another across central Nebraska which affected Valley and Greeley Counties. After 11 p.m. CST, the outflow from extensive thunderstorms over northeast Nebraska sagged to Interstate 80, from York west to Grand Island where it intersected the comma head of the bow echo moving across southern Nebraska. An east-west oriented line of storms developed along Interstate 80. Cell training between 11:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. CST resulted in a swath of 2 to 3 inches of rain from eastern Hamilton County across central York County. The highest rainfall amount was 3.08 inches just east of the city of York. These bow echoes produced multiple measured gusts between 50 and 62 mph. Snapped tree limbs and blown over trees were most extensive in the city of Hastings and the towns of Greeley and Spalding.
A very weak cold front sagged into Nebraska the previous night and was located roughly along the southern state line at daybreak. As the day progressed, the front gradually lifted north as a warm front as low pressure over Wyoming deepened to 1000 mb. In the upper levels, the flow was zonal with the Westerlies confined to the northern third of the United States. A subtropical high was over Texas. 500 mb observations suggest there was a weak/subtle shortwave trough moving across the Central Plains, possibly aiding thunderstorm development. Just prior to thunderstorms moving into south central Nebraska, temperatures were in the middle 70s to lower 80s, and dewpoints ranged from the lower 60s west to the upper 60s east. Yet, mid-level lapse rates were very steep (8 degrees C/km), resulting in MLCAPE between 2000 and 4000 J/kg. Effective deep layer shear was around 50 kts.

Thunderstorm Wind in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 21:52:00 to 06-JUL-16 21:52:00 (CST-6)
Location: GREELEY
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.  Tree branches were downed in portions of town, some of which were several inches in diameter.

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 22:26:00 to 06-JUL-16 22:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: ATLANTA
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Hail in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 23:02:00 to 06-JUL-16 23:02:00 (CST-6)
Location: FRANKLIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Thunderstorm Wind in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 23:24:00 to 06-JUL-16 23:24:00 (CST-6)
Location: RED CLOUD
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 23:46:00 to 06-JUL-16 23:46:00 (CST-6)
Location: (HSI)HASTINGS ARPT
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Heavy Rain in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 23:00:00 to 07-JUL-16 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: YORK
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A total of 3.04 inches was measured since midnight.

Heavy Rain in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 23:00:00 to 07-JUL-16 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: YORK
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

A total of 3.08 inches was measured since midnight.

Thunderstorm Wind in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 21:22:00 to 06-JUL-16 21:22:00 (CST-6)
Location: CAMBRIDGE
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Wind gusts were estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH. Tree branches of an unknown size were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 21:52:00 to 06-JUL-16 21:52:00 (CST-6)
Location: SPALDING
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Tree branches were downed in town.

Thunderstorm Wind in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 22:55:00 to 06-JUL-16 22:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: AXTELL
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Wind gusts estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH downed a large tree in town. This tree landed on a home, punching a hole through the bedroom ceiling. The tree also landed on power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 06-JUL-16 23:37:00 to 06-JUL-16 23:37:00 (CST-6)
Location: (HSI)HASTINGS ARPT
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Penny size hail was also reported. There were several reports of larger tree branches downed and power outages across town. On the west side of Hastings, a large tree branch fell onto a vehicle, causing major damage. A tree uprooted near the high school in the middle of town was lying across 14th Street.

Thunderstorm Wind in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 07-JUL-16 00:15:00 to 07-JUL-16 00:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: MARQUETTE
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree damage in Marquette.

Thunderstorm Wind in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 07-JUL-16 00:20:00 to 07-JUL-16 00:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: AXTELL
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

This gust occurred behind the squall line in a pressure minimum.