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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.
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]
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).
There were 55 tornado touch downs during the day; one was rated EF3. 390 damaging wind gusts were also reported, including 5 hurricane gusts. Despite the abundance of tornadoes and wind reports, most of the severe activity happened either along and south of the southern part of the high-risk area or well to the east in the slight-risk area over ...
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 ...
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.
A Wind Chill Warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday. Lows from -32 to -24, and will feel even colder. Chicago AccuWeather: Extremely cold, dangerous wind chills [Video]
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. Five of these tornadoes formed in the Oklahoma City metro area , including a high-end EF2 tornado that caused severe damage in the southeastern part of the city of Norman . [ 6 ]