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Later that evening, a separate system, the remnants of the previous day's derecho and fueled by the same Ring of Fire pattern, produced a small-scale tornado outbreak and damaging wind event across the Chicago metropolitan area, with two tornadoes confirmed in the city of Chicago itself, and wind gusts reaching 90 mph (140 km/h). An additional ...
Fastest ever recorded: 484±32 km/h (301±20 mph) (3-second gust); calculated by a DOW (Doppler On Wheels) radar unit in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado between Oklahoma City and Moore, Oklahoma, USA, 3 May 1999. Recently, the wind speeds were re-examined and adjusted to a maximum official wind speed of 321 mph (516.6 km/h).
Wind gusts have been reported to reach 70-80 mph. [citation needed] On July 21, 2013, a macroburst hit Piracicaba, Brazil, accompanied by large hail and causing damage in almost all the city neighborhoods. Wind gusts reached up to 128.5 km/h (80 mph). [41] At least four people were injured. [42]
Dozens of instances of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and multiple tornadoes were confirmed with this event, including an EF2 tornado that killed a person in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. A 114 mph (183 km/h) wind gust from straight-line winds was reported in Memphis, Texas, which was the highest wind gust since the August 2020 Midwest derecho.
This evening's weather balloon launch detected the 2nd strongest upper-level wind recorded in local history going back to the mid 20th century! Around 34,000-35,000 ft, winds peaked around 230 kt ...
The Chicago blizzard of 1967 struck northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 26–27, 1967, with a record-setting 23 inches (58 cm) snow fall in Chicago and its suburbs before the storm abated the next morning. As of 2024, it remains the greatest snowfall in one storm in Chicago history.
The highest wind gust was reported in Wilmington, Ohio, at the Wilmington Air Park in Clinton County, according to the National Weather Service. Winds reached 67 mph at 3:53 p.m. Friday.
The squall line produced wind gusts higher than 160 km/h. December 2023 Buenos Aires Bow-Echo Storm: 16–17 December 2023: Squall line with a bow-echo signature. A wind gust of 190 km/h was measured at a private weather station from the municipality of Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires Province). Extensive damage and many fatalities were recorded. [131]