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An intense derecho -- a rapidly-moving thunderstorm complex that produces widespread wind damage -- cut power to nearly 1 million households and caused 11 deaths in the Canadian provinces of ...
The derecho traveled more than 500 miles (800 km) before moving off the coast of Texas and Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico and produced winds up to 78 mph (126 km/h) with hail up to 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) in diameter and a few tornadoes including a short-lived EF2 tornado north of Hochatown, Oklahoma that tossed two barges over 100 yd (91 m), a ...
The derecho emerged into the Atlantic Ocean shortly before 2:00 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) on June 30, while still producing winds as high as 81 mph (130 km/h) at the coast in Tuckerton, New Jersey and strong and damaging winds on the Delmarva Peninsula. [7]
The Utah-Wyoming derecho of 31 May 1994 was an event of this type. It produced a 45 m/s (90 kn) wind gust at Provo, Utah, where sixteen people were injured, and removed part of the roof of the Saltair Pavilion on the Great Salt Lake. Surface dew points along the path of the derecho were about 7–11 °C (45–50 °F). [16]
The National Weather Service confirmed at least 21 tornadoes impacted four states in the central US on December 15, during an unprecedented storm that brought weather warnings to some 100 million ...
At least seven people were killed by the storms, dubbed the Houston derecho by the National Weather Service, [7] which brought winds up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) along with four tornadoes. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
A derecho is a long-lived complex of thunderstorms that produces widespread wind gusts over 58 mph over an area at least 400 miles long. The Midwest is one of the areas of the United States where ...
The May 2022 Canadian derecho was a high-impact derecho [5] event that affected the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Canada's most densely populated region, on May 21, 2022.. Described by meteorologists as a historic derecho and one of the most impactful thunderstorms in Canadian history, [6] [7] winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph) as well as around four tornadoes caused widespread and extensive ...