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Derecho comes from the Spanish adjective for "straight" (or "direct"), in contrast with a tornado which is a "twisted" wind. [5] The word was first used in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888 by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs in a paper describing the phenomenon and based on a significant derecho event that crossed Iowa on 31 July 1877. [6]
The system was unique as surface dewpoints across the impacted region were in the 40s and low 50s, much lower than the typical high 60s and low 70s dewpoints seen during derecho events in the eastern US. [10] Heat wave of 1995 derecho series: July 11–15, 1995: 4 derechos occurred over 4 consecutive nights.
A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe ...
According to the National Weather Service, the term comes from the Spanish word “derechos” to mean “direct” or “straight ahead" and was first used in 1888 by a chemist and professor of ...
While Tuesday's storm was not a derecho, Iowa did experience one in July. Iowa last saw a derecho on July 15, and that storm produced an EF1 tornado that hit the northwest side of the metro ...
A destructive derecho event struck the states of Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio on July 11, 2011, and was the most damaging portion of a much larger derecho event known as The Cross Country Derecho of July 2011. It started on the morning of July 11, 2011, when a powerful long-lasting straight-line windstorm, known as a derecho, developed ...
June 29, 2012, is a difficult day for those in and around Washington, D.C., to forget. On that day, an intense line of extremely gusty thunderstorms taught millions of people a new word: derecho.
The 2022 European derecho was a violent derecho which resulted in strong winds on the French island of Corsica and in parts of northern Italy, Austria, Slovenia, and the southern Czech Republic on 18 August 2022 which traveled over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi). [5] [6] [1] The event resulted in 12 fatalities, and at least 116 others were injured. [1]