August 2020 Midwest derecho
The August 2020 Midwest derecho was a strong derecho in the Midwestern United States–mostly Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana. Nebraska and Iowa were already having severe droughts at the time. The derecho caused large hail, heavy rain and tornadoes.[1]
The greatest damage happened in northern Illinois and eastern Iowa. The strongest winds took place in Iowa. They were at 126 miles per hour. Many tornadoes hit northern Illinois.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa was severely damaged by the storm.[2]
The derecho caused more than $11 billion in damage.
August 2020 Midwest Derecho Media
Weather radar imagery of the storm moving across the Midwest
A seismogram in the Des Moines metropolitan area recorded intense vibrations imparted by the strong winds associated with the derecho.
Animated night time-lapse of Iowa from the w:VIIRS aboard NASA's Suomi NPP showing progression of widespread power outages as a result of the w:August 2020 Midwest derecho.*(Courtesy NASA Worldview.)
A damaged farmhouse in Vinton, Iowa partially-covered by a mangled piece of grain bin sidewall on August 11, 2020.
Storm reports from the National Weather Service layered over the United States Department of Agriculture's corn production area maps.
Large field of corn (maize) completely flattened by the winds of the w:August 2020 Midwest derecho near w:Roland, Iowa.
Animated satellite imagery from the MODIS aboard NASA's TERRA over Iowa showing a before and after of the damage the w:August 2020 Midwest derecho did to crops in the region.*(Imagery courtesy MODIS Today at University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center.)
A home in the Kenwood District of Cedar Rapids damaged by the winds estimated by the National Weather Service to have been Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)..
Wiley Plaza on Wiley Blvd in SW Cedar Rapids 9 days after the storm. This is part of the area that sustained (in the case of a tornado) EF-3 magnitude damage.
Trees torn to pieces by the derecho in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Radar track across the central United States from about 2am CDT on August 10 2020 to 4am CDT on August 11 2020.
References
- ↑ "The Midwest Derecho". National Weather Service. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ↑ "Cedar Rapids Derecho Damage Worse than Floods". Radio Iowa. 14 August 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
