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July 2024 Midwest derecho: July 15, 2024: A derecho formed over Iowa, bringing winds over 70mph to eastern Iowa and tornadoes to Des Moines. It continued east and south, bringing gusts over 100mph, with a peak gust of 111mph in Dunlap, IL.
A downed tree lies across a driveway after strong winds hit Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott McFe Derecho turns deadly, tornado reported near Chicago's O'Hare airport
The most destructive event of the sequence was a severe derecho that affected much of eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, and northwest Indiana on July 15 and 16. Extreme atmospheric instability contributed to a powerful bowing mesoscale convective system that brought widespread downburst wind gusts of over 75 mph (121 km/h) and peaking at 105 mph ...
At least one person is killed and over 400,000 people without power as a derecho impacts the Midwestern United States, with downburst winds exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h) and multiple tornadoes being reported near Chicago.
A period of enhanced tornadic activity occurred as intense severe thunderstorms and derechos swept through the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast, including a derecho that produced EF1 tornadoes that struck Davenport, Iowa and Chicago on July 15. A long-tracked EF2 tornado southwest of Chicago injured two people as well.
During the middle of month, several days of intense severe weather along with tornadic activity impacted the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast, including a derecho that struck Eastern Iowa and Northern Illinois on July 15. As a result, July surpassed its average count on that day. The second half of July was much less active with far fewer ...
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Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia attorney general, is seen in Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15, 2024. - Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call ...