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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
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 ...
A large tree uprooted by a tornado in Joliet, Illinois on July 15, 2024. Shortly after this sounding, a severe thunderstorm watch was issued, as forecasters predicted a fast-moving bowing storm system could form and bring wind gusts exceeding 85 mph (137 km/h) to northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, and southern Wisconsin. [27]
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.
July 16, 2024 at 8:57 AM. ... The National Weather Service in Chicago issued 16 tornado warnings on Monday around the region, the most in a single day in 20 years. This included Cook and DuPage ...
Updated July 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM. ... confirmed at least eight tornados touched down across the Midwest in the last two days — with at least one EF-1 tornado touching down in downtown Chicago.
July 16, 2024 at 4:33 AM. ... Tornadoes also touched down in Chicago on Sunday, marking a relatively rare event: Before Sunday, only six had been reported in the last 70 years, meteorologist Paul ...
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.