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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 ...
A shelf cloud along the leading edge of a derecho in Minnesota Damage caused by a derecho in Barga, Italy. A derecho (/ ˈ d ɛ r ə tʃ oʊ /, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], 'straight') [1] is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale ...
Multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains and upper Midwest on Dec. 15 were the result of a rare event called a derecho, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm ...
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 ...
June 4, 2008, derecho: June 4, 2008 [21] The Iowa Summer Derecho of 2008: July 21, 2008 [22] [23] Chicago Derecho: August 4, 2008: May 2009 derecho series: May 3–8, 2009: May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho: May 8, 2009: aka "The Inland Hurricane" June 2009 Mid-South Derecho: June 12, 2009 [24] June 2009 Southern KY derecho: June 16, 2009: June ...
As the derecho moved through Ohio, a second storm developed in Iowa and tracked into northern Illinois. The earlier derecho had used up most of the convective energy in the atmosphere, so this second storm did not become another derecho. Nonetheless, a small MCS with a bow echo developed and became severe as it moved along this track.
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.
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 ...