List of derecho events
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The following is a list of notable derecho events.
North America
| Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio Fireworks Derecho | July 4, 1969 | |
| 1977 Southern - Mid-Atlantic derecho | June 6, 1977 | |
| Independence Day Derecho of 1977 | July 4, 1977 | |
| More Trees Down Derecho | July 4–5, 1980 | |
| Western Wisconsin Derecho | July 15, 1980 | |
| Illinois/Michigan Derecho | July 16, 1980 | |
| I-94 Derecho | July 19, 1983 | |
| 1991 West Virginia derecho | April 9, 1991 | |
| Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991 | July 7–8, 1991 | |
| Pakwash Forest Blowdown | July 18, 1991 | near Ear Falls, Ontario - 191,400 hectares of forest blown down[1] |
| 1993 Storm of the Century | March 12–13, 1993 | Florida & Cuba; associated with very significant storm surge |
| July 1993 Central Plains derecho | July 8–9, 1993 | [2] |
| Heat Wave of 1995 Derecho Series | July 11–15, 1995 | affected 15 U.S. States from Montana to New England & Ontario, Canada |
| Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho | May 30–31, 1998 | crossed 4 Great Lakes |
| Corn Belt Derecho | June 29, 1998 | |
| New York State Labor Day derechos | September 7, 1998 | |
| Boundary Waters-Canadian Derecho | July 4–5, 1999 | [3] |
| May 25, 2000 North Carolina Derecho | May 25, 2000 | [4] |
| 2001 Central Wisconsin derecho | June 11, 2001 | |
| October 2001 Mississippi-Ohio Valleys derecho | October 24, 2001 | |
| Memphis Summer Storm of 2003 | July 22, 2003 | aka "Hurricane Elvis" |
| Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Derecho | May 21, 2004 | [5] |
| Mississippi - Tennessee Valley Derecho of 2004 | July 13, 2004 | |
| Southern U.S. March Derecho | March 9, 2006 | |
| April 2, 2006 Tornado Outbreak | April 2, 2006 | |
| Heat wave of 2006 derecho series | July 17–19 and 21, 2006 | |
| June 4, 2008 derecho | June 4, 2008 | [6] |
| June 2008 Omaha derecho | June 27, 2008 | |
| The Iowa Summer Derecho of 2008 | July 21, 2008 | [7][8] |
| Chicago Derecho | August 4, 2008 | |
| May 2009 derecho series | May 3–8, 2009 | |
| May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho | May 8, 2009 | |
| June 2009 Mid-South Derecho | June 12, 2009 | |
| June 2009 Southern KY derecho | June 16, 2009 | |
| June 2009 Midwest Derecho series | June 17–19, 2009 | |
| June 18 Midwest derechos | June 18, 2010 | |
| Late June 2010 Hybrid Derecho | June 23, 2010 | |
| October 2010 North American storm complex | October 23–28, 2010 | |
| June 2011 Northwest Indiana derecho | June 4, 2011 | |
| July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derecho | July 11, 2011 | [9] |
| June 2012 Lower Mississippi Valley derecho | June 11, 2012 | |
| Summer heat wave of 2012 derecho series | June 29, 2012-August 2012 | |
| June 2012 North American derecho | June 29–30, 2012 | passed through nine states from Indiana to New Jersey, cutting power to millions[10] |
| Late July 2012 North American derecho | July 26, 2012 | Third derecho in 4 weeks to impact west-central Ohio |
| June 12–13, 2013 derecho and tornado outbreak series | June 12–13, 2013 | Three derechos developed; one on June 12 and two on June 13 |
| Late June 2013 Chicago derecho | June 24, 2013 | |
| Late August 2013 Derecho | August 30, 2013 | Third derecho to impact northern Illinois since June 12, 2013. |
| Late June 2014 Derecho | June 30, 2014 | Winds up to 110 mph were reported in Lake County, Indiana |
Europe
| Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| July 1995 Switzerland - Germany Derecho | 22 July 1995 | |
| July 2002 Finland derecho | 5 July 2002 | [11] known as storm "Unto" in Finnish.[12] |
| July 2002 Germany derecho | 10 July 2002 | [13] (Crossair Flight 850) |
| 2003 Mediterranean derecho | 17 August 2003 | Struck Catalonia, Spain and Languedoc to Roussillon, France with up to F2 damage[14] |
| 2007 winter derecho | 18 January 2007 | Significant derecho across northern and central Europe embedded within Kyrill windstorm caused many fatalities[15] |
| March 2008 Central Europe derecho | 1 March 2008 | Significant derecho embedded within Emma windstorm caused more than dozen fatalities[15] |
| Middle Europa (Czech) Derecho | 25–26 June 2008 | [16][17] |
| July 2009 Middle Europe Derecho | 23–24 July 2009 | |
| 2010 Heat Wave derecho series | 7–14 July 2010 | Multiple significant derechos (with tornado(s)) across Belgium, the Netherlands[18] |
| July 2010 Finland derecho | 29–30 July 2010 | Known as "Asta" in Finland, felled roughly 1 million cubic metres of trees. Rare European nocturnal derecho.[19] |
| August 2010 Baltic - Finland derecho | 8 August 2010 | Severe wind gusts more than 36 m/s measured in Estonia.[19][20] This was determined to be a derecho event.[21] |
| July 2011 Bulgaria derecho | 20 July 2011 | First derecho in Bulgaria to be studied.[22] |
South America
| Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Blowdown | 16–18 January 2005 | Massive derecho felled ~540 million trees within Amazonia, Brazil[23] |
| Buenos Aires windstorm | 4 April 2012 | Windstorm and tornadoes caused 25 fatalities near Buenos Aires, Argentina[24] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Pictures and Videos of Derechos". Facts about Derechos which are very damaging windstorms. NOAA. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Derecho of 4-5 July 1999 in Southern Quebec
- ↑ Mesoscale Convective Systems: A Review
- ↑ "Severe Derecho, wind gusts 80-120 mph expected". Newsgroup: US Weather Forums Eastern US Weather Forums Check
|newsgroup=value (help). Retrieved 3 July 2012. - ↑ WTOP, 2012-09-02
- ↑ DVN July 2008 Derecho (Report). NOAA. August 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
- ↑ Rare 'derecho' leaves swath of damage across Iowa (Report). Quad City Times. July 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
- ↑ "July 11, 2011 East Central Iowa Derecho". National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ↑ Samenow, Jason (June 29, 2012). "Derecho: Behind Washington, D.C.'s destructive thunderstorm outbreak". Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gatzen, Christoph (Jun 2004). "A Derecho in Europe: Berlin, 10 July 2002". Weather Forecast. 19 (3): 2004. Bibcode:2004WtFor..19..639G. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0639:ADIEBJ>2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
- ↑ Púčik, Tomáš; M. Francová; D. Rýva; M. Kolář; L. Ronge (Jun 2011). "Forecasting challenges during the severe weather outbreak in Central Europe on 25 June 2008". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 680–704. Bibcode:2011AtmRe.100..680P. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.014.
- ↑ Simon, André; J. Kaňák; A. Sokol; M. Putsay; L. Uhrínová; K. Csirmaz; Ľ. Okon; R. Habrovský (Jun 2011). "Case study of a severe windstorm over Slovakia and Hungary on 25 June 2008". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 705–39. Bibcode:2011AtmRe.100..705S. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.012.
- ↑ Hamid, Karim (Apr 2012). "Investigation of the passage of a derecho in Belgium". Atmos. Res. 107: 86–105. Bibcode:2012AtmRe.107...86H. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.12.013.
- 1 2 "Extreme weather events in July 2010 in Finland" (PDF). Finnish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "Võimas äikesetorm" (in Estonian). EMHI. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ↑ Toll, Velle; A. Männik; A. Luhamaa; R. Rõõm (2015). "Hindcast experiments of the derecho in Estonia on 08 August, 2010: Modelling derecho with NWP model HARMONIE". Atmos. Res. 158-9: 179–91. Bibcode:2015AtmRe.158..179T. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.10.011.
- ↑ Gospodinov, Ilian; T. Dimitrova; L. Bocheva; P. Simeonov; R. Dimitrov (2015). "Derecho-like event in Bulgaria on 20 July 2011". Atmos. Res. 158-9: 254–73. Bibcode:2015AtmRe.158..254G. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.009.
- ↑ Negrón-Juárez, Robinson I.; J.Q. Chambers; G. Guimaraes; H. Zeng; C.F.M. Raupp; D.M. Marra; G.H.P.M. Ribeiro; S.S. Saatchi; B.W. Nelson; N. Higuchi (19 August 2010). "Widespread Amazon forest tree mortality from a single cross-basin squall line event". Geophys. Res. Lett. 37 (L16701). Bibcode:2010GeoRL..3716701N. doi:10.1029/2010GL043733.
- ↑ "Continúan las tareas de limpieza tras el temporal y miles de usuarios siguen sin luz". Clarin.com (in Spanish). 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-07-02.)
External links
- Derechoes in Europe
- NWS: Derecho photos from June 16, 2009 outbreak
- NWS: More about the June 16th 2009 Derecho
- NOAA: "About Derechos" web page (with illustrations) by the NOAA-NWS-NCEP Storm Prediction Center
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