We are learning more about the damage in the Midwestern states caused by the recent derecho in that region.
According to Justin Glisan, Iowa State Climatologist, “At least 240 miles in path length, 60 miles wide, and within that swath, wind gusts to 58 MPH or above. So, this is a concentrated wind storm that went over 500 miles. We had a tornado spun in the metro, EF 1— the ranking just came out— 105 miles per hour winds so lots of rain, lots of thunder and lightning. With these, the towers got up 65,000-70,000 feet, which is about double a passenger airplane flies.”
While Illinois appeared to have received the brunt of the wind, Glisten reached out to field a field agronomist in his home state of Iowa who shared that this windstorm did not appear to be as damaging as others.
“Some titled over corn. Not seeing widespread issues right now, but definitely not on the scale of that August 10, 2020 derecho with widespread 80 mph plus winds across much of eastern Iowa, particularly those 100 plus readings around Cedar Rapids and east central Iowa, but we’re going to see some damage from this,” he adds.
While this derecho was quite tame compared to most, it does seem to be a part of a pattern.
The climatologist shared that the region has seen more than he can count on one hand in the last five years or so.
