List of derecho events

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The following is a list of notable derecho events.

North America

Event Date Notes
Ohio Fireworks DerechoJuly 4, 1969[1]
1977 Southern - Mid-Atlantic derechoJune 6, 1977
Independence Day Derecho of 1977July 4, 1977
More Trees Down DerechoJuly 4–5, 1980[2]
Western Wisconsin DerechoJuly 15, 1980
Illinois/Michigan DerechoJuly 16, 1980
I-94 DerechoJuly 19, 1983
1991 West Virginia derechoApril 9, 1991
Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991July 7–8, 1991
Pakwash Forest BlowdownJuly 18, 1991near Ear Falls, Ontario - 191,400 hectares of forest blown down[3]
1993 Storm of the CenturyMarch 12–13, 1993Florida & Cuba; associated with very significant storm surge
July 1993 Central Plains derechoJuly 8–9, 1993[4]
Heat wave of 1995 derecho seriesJuly 11–15, 1995affected 15 U.S. States from Montana to New England & Ontario, Canada
Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derechoMay 30–31, 1998crossed 4 Great Lakes
Corn Belt DerechoJune 29, 1998
New York State Labor Day derechosSeptember 7, 1998
Boundary Waters-Canadian DerechoJuly 4–5, 1999[5]
May 25, 2000 North Carolina DerechoMay 25, 2000[6]
2001 Central Wisconsin derechoJune 11, 2001
October 2001 Mississippi-Ohio Valleys derechoOctober 24, 2001
Memphis Summer Storm of 2003July 22, 2003aka "Hurricane Elvis"
Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania DerechoMay 21, 2004[7]
Mississippi - Tennessee Valley Derecho of 2004July 13, 2004
Southern U.S. March DerechoMarch 9, 2006
April 2, 2006 Tornado OutbreakApril 2, 2006
Heat wave of 2006 derecho seriesJuly 17–19 and 21, 2006
June 4, 2008 derechoJune 4, 2008[8]
June 2008 Omaha derechoJune 27, 2008
The Iowa Summer Derecho of 2008July 21, 2008[9][10]
Chicago DerechoAugust 4, 2008
May 2009 derecho seriesMay 3–8, 2009
May 2009 Southern Midwest derechoMay 8, 2009
June 2009 Mid-South DerechoJune 12, 2009
June 2009 Southern KY derechoJune 16, 2009
June 2009 Midwest Derecho seriesJune 17–19, 2009
June 18 Midwest derechosJune 18, 2010
Late June 2010 Hybrid DerechoJune 23, 2010
October 2010 North American storm complexOctober 23–28, 2010
June 2011 Northwest Indiana derechoJune 4, 2011
July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derechoJuly 11, 2011[11]
June 2012 Lower Mississippi Valley derechoJune 11, 2012
Summer of 2012 derecho seriesJune 29, 2012-August 2012Event on July 26 was the third derecho in 4 weeks to impact west-central Ohio
June 2012 North American derechoJune 29–30, 2012passed through nine states from Indiana to New Jersey, cutting power to millions[12]
June 12–13, 2013 derecho seriesJune 12–13, 2013Two derechos developed; one on June 12 and one on June 13
Late June 2013 Chicago derechoJune 24, 2013
Late August 2013 DerechoAugust 30, 2013Third derecho to impact northern Illinois since June 12, 2013.
Late June 2014 DerechoJune 30, 2014Winds up to 110 mph were reported in Lake County, Indiana
June 21–22, 2015 Severe Weather Event June 21–22, 2015 Winds of 122 mph recorded on personal weather station near Hayes, SD before it was destroyed. https://www.weather.gov/abr/June21and222015SevereWeatherEvent
May 2017 United States DerechoMay 26–28, 2017Three derechos struck the Ozarks, Ohio, and Tennessee valleys.
July 2017 Midwestern derechoJuly 19–21, 2017[13][14][15][16][17]
2018 Mid-Atlantic DerechoMay 14, 2018A derecho traveled over 400 miles from Columbus, Ohio to the east coast of Virginia, causing severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, and hailstones the size of ping pong balls.[18]
2018 Northeast Derecho May 15, 2018 A derecho that extended from far southwestern New York to far northern West Virginia traveled over 450 miles to southeast New York and northern New Jersey to down into Delmarva, killing five people.[19] Ahead of the derecho, supercells which produced hail up to the size of baseballs formed over southeastern New York, which is extremely rare for the area.[20]
2018 Southeastern Derecho June 28, 2018 Formed in central Tennessee, traveled through the entire state of Alabama to the Gulf coast. One person killed in Clay County, AL by a falling tree. Widespread power outages all across Alabama.[21]
2018 Northern Plains Derecho June 28, 2018 Supercells formed in eastern Montana and rapidly congealed into a derecho producing squall line. The derecho produced widespread wind damage across North Dakota and Western Minnesota. Winds up to 96 mph were reported with this storm. A man was killed by a fallen tree.[22][23]
2018 Midwest-Mississippi River Derecho June 28, 2018 A derecho producing squall line formed in Eastern Nebraska. The complex of storms moved east across Iowa before turning southeast and moving south along the Mississippi River. Along its path it produced wind damage with gusts up to 85 mph.[22][23]
Table Rock Lake Derecho July 19, 2018 A derecho producing squall line formed in Kansas moving east then turning southeast into Missouri. Many 75+ mph wind gusts were reported in Kansas. As the derecho went through Missouri, it created dangerous marine conditions in Table Rock Lake. A duck boat capsized in the lake partly due to these condition killing 17 of the 31 people on board.[22][23]
Georgia Derecho July 21, 2018 A derecho producing squall line moved south through western Georgia producing widespread wind damage. Gusts up to 85 mph were reported in Georgia.[22][23]

Europe

Event Date Notes
July 1995 Switzerland - Germany Derecho22 July 1995
July 2002 Finland derecho5 July 2002[24] known as storm "Unto" in Finnish.[25]
July 2002 Germany derecho10 July 2002[26] (Crossair Flight 850)
2003 Mediterranean derecho17 August 2003Struck Catalonia, Spain and Languedoc to Roussillon, France with up to F2 damage[27]
2007 winter derecho18 January 2007Significant derecho across northern and central Europe embedded within Kyrill windstorm caused many fatalities[28]
March 2008 Central Europe derecho1 March 2008Significant derecho embedded within Emma windstorm caused more than dozen fatalities[28]
Middle Europa (Czech) Derecho25–26 June 2008[29][30]
July 2009 Middle Europe Derecho23–24 July 2009
2010 Heat Wave derecho series7–14 July 2010Multiple significant derechos (with tornado(s)) across Belgium, the Netherlands[31]
July 2010 Finland derecho29–30 July 2010Known as "Asta" in Finland, felled roughly 1 million cubic metres of trees. Rare European nocturnal derecho.[32]
August 2010 Baltic - Finland derecho8 August 2010Severe wind gusts more than 36 m/s measured in Estonia.[32][33] This was determined to be a derecho event.[34]
July 2011 Bulgaria derecho20 July 2011First derecho in Bulgaria to be studied.[35]
July 2015 Poland derecho19 July 2015The supercell from western Saxony in Germany transformed into an expansive mesoscale storm system in Poland. Aprox. 6000 wind damages were recorded all over the country. The derecho has reached western Belarus during the night-time hours with total distance over 700 kilometres (over 435 miles).[36]
August 2017 Middle Europe derecho11–12 August 2017Severe wind gusts with more than 90 mph were recorded in western and central Poland. 6 people were killed and 62 injured, almost half a million buildings were without power. 8.2 million cubic metres of trees fell down by the windstorm. 21944 wind damages were recorded.[37][38][39]

South America

Event Date Notes
Amazon Blowdown16–18 January 2005Massive derecho felled ~540 million trees within the Amazon rainforest of Brazil[40]
Buenos Aires Derecho4 April 2012Windstorms and tornadoes caused 25 confirmed deaths near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Unofficially, more than 100 people were killed.

Asia

Event Date Notes
Huanghuai Area DerechoJune 3–4, 2009Intense squall line impacted the provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu, killing 22 people.[41]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "The "More Trees Down" Derecho". www.spc.noaa.gov.
  3. ↑ "Pictures and Videos of Derechos". Facts about Derechos which are very damaging windstorms. NOAA. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Bentley, Mace; Cooper, Stonie (Sep 1997). "The 8 and 9 July 1993 Nebraska Derecho: An Observational Study and Comparison to the Climatology of Related Mesoscale Convective Systems". Weather Forecast. 12 (3): 678–688. Bibcode:1997WtFor..12..678B. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0678:TAJNDA>2.0.CO;2.
  5. ↑ "The Derecho of 4-5 July 1999 in Southern Quebec" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Mesoscale Convective Complexes: A Review --- WFO RAH". www4.ncsu.edu.
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  8. ↑ "Comparing Washington's recent derechos - WTOP". 27 August 2012.
  9. ↑ DVN July 2008 Derecho (Report). NOAA. August 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  10. ↑ Rare 'derecho' leaves swath of damage across Iowa (Report). Quad City Times. July 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  11. ↑ "July 11, 2011 East Central Iowa Derecho". National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  12. ↑ Samenow, Jason (June 29, 2012). "Derecho: Behind Washington, D.C.'s destructive thunderstorm outbreak". Washington Post. Washington, DC.
  13. ↑ Erdman, Jon (July 20, 2017). "Yes, There Was a Derecho Wednesday in the Midwest; Here's What That Means". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  14. ↑ Maricle, Kelly (2017-08-28). "7 Iowa Counties Given Presidential Disaster Declarations for July Storms". whotv.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  15. ↑ Weather Forecast Office, Quad Cities, IA/IL. "Severe Storm Summary July 19th, 2017". www.weather.gov. Quad Cities, IA/IL: US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  16. ↑ Weather Forecast Office, Quad Cities, IA/IL. "Severe Storm Summary July 20th, 2017". www.weather.gov. US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
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  18. ↑ "Derecho Moves Through Mid Atlantic". The Weather Channel. May 14, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  19. ↑ "Powerful Northeast Storms Kill Five, Snarl Commutes, Knock Out Power to Thousands | The Weather Channel". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  20. ↑ "Severe Weather Event: May 15, 2018" May 17, 2018. Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Derecho Event of June 28, 2018 | National Weather Service". National Weather Service. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  22. 1 2 3 4 "20180628's Storm Reports | Storm Prediction Center". Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "Three Derechos, 400-Plus Thunderstorm Wind Damage Reports Highlight 2018's Most Active Day of Severe Weather | The Weather Channel". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  24. ↑ Punkka, Ari-Juhani; Teittinen, Jenni (Oct 2006). "Synoptic and Mesoscale Analysis of a High-Latitude Derecho–Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak in Finland on 5 July 2002". Weather Forecast. 21 (5): 752–763. Bibcode:2006WtFor..21..752P. doi:10.1175/WAF953.1.
  25. ↑ Helminen, Jaako. "Finnish Local View on the Factors Accounting for the Costs of Weather-Related Disasters (specifically, Floods and Storms) in Recent Decades and Implications of Understanding these for both Research and Policy" (PDF). Finnish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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  27. ↑ López, J. Manuel (Feb 2007). "A Mediterranean derecho: Catalonia (Spain), 17th August 2003". Atmos. Res. 83 (2–4): 272–83. Bibcode:2007AtmRe..83..272L. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.08.008.
  28. 1 2 Gatzen, Christoph; Tomas Púčik; David Ryva (Jun 2011). "Two cold-season derechoes in Europe". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 740–8. Bibcode:2011AtmRe.100..740G. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.015.
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  32. 1 2 "Extreme weather events in July 2010 in Finland" (PDF). Finnish Meteorological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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  36. ↑ "Derecho i inne nawałnice w Polsce 19 lipca 2015" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  37. ↑ "Skutki nawałnic 11-12 sierpnia" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  38. ↑ pl:Nawałnice w Polsce (2017)
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  41. ↑ Liang, Jianyu; Sun Jianhua (March 2012). "The Formation Mechanism of Damaging Surface Wind during the Squall Line in June 2009". Chinese Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 36 (2): 316–336. doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2011.11017.
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