Jul 6, 2016
A line of thunderstorms produced sporadic wind damage in southeast Missouri. The line intensified as it approached the Mississippi River and began to bow out. Widespread damaging winds raked areas west of Kentucky Lake in the afternoon. The wind damage became more sporadic east of Kentucky Lake. The storms occurred ahead of a small-scale 500 mb shortwave over western Missouri. A moderately strong southwest wind flow of moist and very unstable air fueled the storms. Mixed-layer capes around 3000
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 646569). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Trigg County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.