TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Coverage begins 07:30 Storm chaser caught in storm 19:54 Live storm video 27:56 Storm hits Cedar Rapids 32:00 Studio hit by storm 32:32 Power flash on skycam 35:26 Evacuating the studio 47:00 Studio shaking 1:16:19 First images out of Benton County 1:47:11 First live images from Iowa City 1:54:01 First live reports from Cedar Rapids
You’re absolutely right. There were times you could hear the nervousness and sometimes even a little fear in her voice but yet she carried on like a trooper.
This storm apparently had wind gusts around 140 mph in and around CR. For reference, that's equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane or an EF3 tornado. I can't imagine how terrifying these storms must've been. Sending love from your northern neighbors in Minnesota 🙏
@@CarlJohnson-rt7bc that storm lasted more than 20 minutes. I'm pretty sure that it was hitting the CR area for closer to 30 or 45. I was in my bathroom in a second floor apartment building (of a two floor building) during the damn thing. (in cedar rapids)
@@CarlJohnson-rt7bc for the SW side on CR where i live, we had 140+ wind speeds for almost 40 minutes straight. I was home alone while on the phone before the service cut off. It was around 1:00 i believe when the power went off and didn't turn back on for another 1 and a half weeks. I was babysitting a 9 year old who was hysterical and wouldn't calm down. His dad came home and said his truck (a huge ford) was being lifted off the road while driving home. The worst thing about it is that KCRG had lost their radars in Tama and KCRG is located in Marion/outer CR. so their only option was to start tornado sirens and hope people would listen. A very scary storm and something all Iowans will remember, even though it 5 months later Iowa is still re building our cities.
I am astounded by the delivery of instructions and describing conditions with utter clarity and calm, even when the studio is hit. God bless u all in Iowa.
First off... we were warned. The sirens began about a half hour before the storm hit. I was in north Iowa City when it hit. It was a wall of wind and an incredible storm. About twenty minutes into the storm we went to the basement. I’ve never seen anything like it...
I was in Cedar Rapids. I agree with you 100%. But in Iowa the sirens don’t don’t really scare us as we probably hear them about every other month. That storm was absolutely ridiculous. Just an absolute wall of 100 mph wind for 30 minutes straight. We couldn’t have been prepared for THAT.
My grandparents live in Marion. They now have a flooded house and an unplanned skylight but luckily had power restored yesterday. They said they had almost no warning with sirens or trouble hearing them over the noise, though. They made it downstairs as the trees started hitting their roof.
itzamia We live in Iowa. Nobody cares news wise. Alliant energy sent for hundreds of crews from all over North America to help. They have said this is the worst electrical grid disaster they’ve ever seen. In Linn County, where I live.
itzamia Thank you very much. My apartment didn’t really suffer any damage. I was very lucky. It took myself and another guy about an hour to clear out our small parking lot. My brother had his roof cave in and my parents had their car and a boat destroyed. I wish I could post pics onto UA-cam. I’m guessing that will be available in the future.
Wow, that was one big blow that kept going and going and going. There was a Derecho here in Southern Illinois back in May of 2009. Thousands of trees down. No electricity for almost a week. People saw F0, F1, F2 tornadoes spin up within this Derecho and boy did that tear things up. Crops could be replanted because the storm hit in early May. Damage to trees can still be seen even after 11 years! I'll never forget seeing shopping carts at Wal-Mart go flying across the parking lot and crashing into cars. Never will I just see a normal everyday thunderstorm heading out of Missouri and crossing the Mississippi River on radar and think there's not much to worry about. Given the right conditions, another Derecho can and will happen again. Bless you, all.
From Grinnell, IA, I finally had my power restored today. I've been without for 6 days and 2 hours. My deepest gratitude to all who worked so many long and hard hours to make this so. I have never seen this much widespread destruction in my 57 years. So many beautiful old trees snapped off at the ground level and so many more that won't survive due to the stripped off limbs or tops.
How can you report when there wasn't power or cable anywhere? Lol I'm just saying everyone did a pretty shit job of warning any of us. The tornado sirens didn't even go off in most of the city. And they had plenty of time to alert people since it had hit des Moines earlier. Almost everyone I knew had no idea of how bad it was going to be. I've heard dozens of stories of people who were outside in it because they had no idea it was going to be remotely bad.
@@michaeldickson5495 I wonder if you could have done much better? Consider the fact that they were announcing 100 MPH winds before it hit, approximately 25 minutes before the storm entered Cedar Rapids. They were also describing what they saw outside the windows before they evacuated the studio. The NWS was also issuing severe thunderstorm warnings 15-20 minutes before they arrived. This thing developed very rapidly, so it would have been difficult to tell just how intense they'd become. If people would just think to stop and tune in to a radio station or weather radio, they'd have known well in advance about this situation in enough time to get to safety. But again, they had no idea that this storm would become so intense, because the derecho was building strength very quickly which is how they usually perform. They did the best they could do. If I remember correctly, there's even a video here on YT where someone got a warning nearly 15 minutes before the derecho hit Des Moines. I also heard the sirens through the time when it all started going down outside the studio even past 50 minutes. I'm hearing it with headphones, and they started going off well before the storm started in Cedar Rapids. They stopped for a short time and went off a second time just as the storm hit Cedar Rapids, and they stayed on for over 20-25 minutes.
I was visiting Cedar Rapids Iowa from Colorado when this came through. We had up to 112 mph sustained winds for at least 40 minutes!! It was crazy scary! And I've lived in Florida with hurricanes! Never expected this in Iowa!
8 days without power in Marion. 8 days. I was in Stanwood at the time, and got a txt from my mom that it was coming and it had just hit there. Less than 1/2 hour later the power went out in Stanwood. It sounded like someone was throwing rocks at the building. There were trees down everywhere, and only one way out of town. 30 was clear all the way back to 13. When I got to back to Marion, I had to go through a maze just to get home since most intersections were blocked. There was a 21" tree down on top of our garage, pinning 2 cars inside. The waiting list was at least a week to get the tree taken care of. I got discouraged, and went on a prayer walk down the street- praying for whoever had damage in the neighborhood. Then when I got to the end of the street, I saw a telehandler putting shingles on the roof of a house with no damage at all. It didn't seem fair that they were getting help and not us. Turns out it was a contractor from out of town looking for work. He drove by our house within an hour, and said he could get the tree off our garage. Then 4 people from church came over and helped us get our cars out. Then the contractor showed up and the tree was off an hour later. Prayer is all that got us through. There is no other explanation. God hears our prayers.
I can't get over how this storm destroyed yalls town. In Iowa of all places,God bless you guys and your Families, I hope everyone stayed safe. I know this storm will be talked about for years to come...
They should make a new warning called "Extreme Thunderstorm Warning" just because it is a well developed Derecho with winds above the minimum Hurricane Force.
They have tornado emergencies for major ef4 and 5 tornadoes, especially on PDS tornado watch days. The had a PDS severe thunderstorm watch out for most of eastern Iowa before the warnings and then the storm. Why don't the have a severe thunderstorm emergency when you get something this bad that's a severe thunderstorm instead of a tornado?
I've been through quite a few hurricanes in Florida, on the beach, when I made the mistake of not evacuating. Regretted it each time. But THIS thunderstorm looked and sounded equal to or WORSE than any cat 2-3 hurricane that I made the mistake of "sheltering in place" for. Watching this was incredible!!! How does this happen over land without warm water to energize it? CRAZY !!!
We were hit with one of these in South Jersey a month ago or two. The wind damage was as bad as when Hurricane Sandy hit. We were without power for two days. My boss had no power for three. Neighbors farther down the street lost their power for six days. It’s been one helluva year thus far for the whole planet apparently.
unfortunately i think it was worse due to the stay at home order. or working from home due to covid. a lot of us were working and not watching TV. if we were at work our employer would have notified us
I’m from marion iowa and are fence got destroyed we just got power back today it has been out for 2 weeks no generator and are huge tree fell tree fell on are powerline are neighbors tree got ripped up outta the ground and her car was stuck in it
I used to live in cedar rapids and im so thankful i wasnt there when this happend, i remember how tornadoes would rip through the country side and the dual tornado storm during a night back in 2014.
Just rewatching this again and it's crazy how they were thinking it'd be weaker on the north side of CR based off of radar. No way they could have know but obviously that wasn't the case...lol. Just shows how hard this stuff is to forecast even with modern technology. I'll definitely always remember trying to navigate to a new job site immediately after the storm stopped. The city was completely unrecognizable and impassable. Took me an hour to go 2 miles to the job site.
I pray we never have to go through that again. I've never seen anything like it before. It's very strange driving down roads that used to have many beautiful trees and now they're gone.
I remember this day. I was in Dubuque doing some training for a new job that I had just gotten. I didn’t really realize it was getting bad outside. I had noticed it was getting very dark outside with lots of lightning. I had started early in the morning and it was around 1230 when the front desk had told me my parents were trying to get ahold of me because all the phone lines and internet had went out from the derecho. I didn’t receive any calls or texts throughout the day due to all of this.
I had to look up what a derecho was after hearing about this, and they had a list of notable occurrences. There were actually 8 notable derecho events in the US so far this year- the average is one or two events annually! Another example of just how bad 2020 has been.
Okay so for some context for those saying "I wish I'd had warning" Derechos form without warning. To radar they simply look like a major thunderstorm event (severe/supercell), however, they can only be confirmed AS a Derecho when a storm chaser enters them. Most Derechos can produce tornadoes but for the most part, they are straight line wind storms with a shit ton of rain, hail, lightning (usually sheet), that can last from a few minutes to a few hours. For context, yes I've been in one (hell I took a "shower" in one just for laughs - regretted it later when I got a cold...ah well....such was the life of a teenager). Anyways, we only knew it was a Derecho because thankfully, storm chasers had been staging outside of my hometown because another weather event had been popping up on radar (oh look it's a supercell that went bloody EAST while the Derecho came WEST -_- fml). When they confirmed the storm was NOT rotating and showed no signs of rotation, it was quickly determined that we had a Derecho en route and our town's sirens went off giving people a 15 minute lead time. And unlike those in the previous video to this one....we heeded those sirens and took shelter. Thankfully, ours was fairly mild (sustained wind speeds of 70MpH) but we still sustained damage to various buildings, trees, etc.
I'm not trying to be rude honestly, but do you know the meaning of the word derecho? It means a line of severe thunderstorms that moves over a area equal or greater than 250 miles. It has nothing to do with chasers etc. Must severe thunderstorm warnings issued for a non derecho or derecho is by the national weather service by radar (radar indicated). When something like this happens the national weather service has a clear knowledge of what's happening. Only reason why the wind reports kept getting higher is yes because of the spotter reports. But there has been many derecheos and straight line wind events that have been warned many counties in advanced from the storm many times. Being from Southern Wisconsin it happens many times a year (severe thunderstorms warnings issued counties in advanced and up to a hour ahead). Spotters are crucial although doesn't need to only be confirmed by them. In many locations (depending on region) sirens are activated when winds are over 80mph. In my location it is 80mph. People that are weather aware will have well more time to prepare before the sirens go off. Even in this video you see what's called a blanket warning (many counties warned well ahead of the storm, some 40+ mins ahead).
There was one in 1998, so not too terribly long ago, unfortunately. I have been having nightmares after this derecho because I was on the road when it hit.
@@plutonix853 I’ve lived in Des Moines my whole life and never experienced anything like this before now, if my trees actually got ripped out every two years I’d move out.
I live in Madison, WI, 180 miles north east of where this went through, we got some tornados and a quick burst of insane activity but nothing like IA.. Prayers for IA
Severe thunderstorm emergency or thunderstorm emergency would do it. It would tell you that the storm is way more severe than a normal severe thunderstorm, just like a tornado emergency tells you a really bad tornado is coming your way
@@taradactule6052 thank you! The storm was crazy. It lasted for 45 minutes with high winds. Some up to 140 mph. My brother was out of power for 12 days. The linemen have been working day and night. They've come from all over the US and Canada to help. It's very surreal to say the least.
Every one needs to learn what they do in Oklahoma when the stop lights are not working. They automatically make it a four way stop and that way traffic moves smoothly.
@Decadent _Descent WELL WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH CAPS. AND MANY "MANY" PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW TO TURN THEIR BREAKERS OFF. SAD YOU ASSUME AS THAT IS WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE. THEY ASSUME PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW...IF THAT WAS TRUE CHILDREN WOULD COME INTO THE WORLD BEING ALL KNOWING BY YOUR LOGIC.
Im ne cedar rapids-ia still without power there a tree and pole right outside my driveway this strom was worst strom ive ever seen have no power week 2 days later
1:58:44 The meteorologist explains a little bit about the storm origins. As far as the warnings, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are usually issued for up to 1 hour. If you want more advance notice than that, you have to look for the Severe Thunderstorm Watch, which was issued for central Iowa at 9 AM. It was extended into eastern Iowa by 11:30 AM and deemed a "particularly dangerous situation."
@@matthewshaynes My brother in Cedar Rapids said there were no warnings on local AM radio, no cell phone alerts, just a forcast for thunderstorms that afternoon. I can't believe Des Moines authorities, radio station managers, whoever, didn't simply start calling municipalities to the east.
we knew a storm was coming. but didnt' know it was this bad. most of us were working from home and not paying attention to the weather. i got a phone call from someone in Marshalltown warning about their damage and that it would hit us bad. 20 mins later it was happening.
@@trukxelf can confirm no cell phone warnings. i live on SE side by brucemore. sirens went on for 5 mins. then they turned off. about 5-10 mins later the storm hit
This case is EXACTLY why the media should have been sued to stop making everything digital, or force them to broadcast analog during emergencies. For 4 days we had no cellphone service no internet service and newspapers weren't delivered, and no electricity for 6 days. I have 2 battery operated TVs that used to be used in these cases, that are worthless now! 80% of this broadcast, and ALL of the info put out for the next several days didn't exist to most of us. No weather updates, and no info about where to get assistance, food, water, or ice. Good thing I found it on UA-cam, a week later. Thanks for nothing.
@@NStewWX I realize that. "... the media..." was a poor choice of wording. My point is the same. I was one of thousands that voiced this very concern, and it was ignored. I went 6 days without power, my son and sister 7, my father in law just now got his back, and two other family members still have none. Thousands still have no power, and might not for several more days So without cellphones, we're cut off from ANY information, and it was 3 days before that came back spotty, and 4 days before it was stable. Eliminating analog was asinine.
@docv73 you sound very imbecile. Stop blaming others for something they have no control over. Maybe you should get rid of your worthless TVs and put some batteries into a RADIO and treat people with kindness.
Gunna be 4 years in august 😢 the the storm that gave me more terrible storm anxiety had ptsd like panic attacks after this storm when others came through
I'd be willing to bet Lake Michigan caused it to fall apart. I used to live in Buffalo NY and Lake Erie always had a moderating effect on severe weather, except of course during the early winter with the infamous lake effect snow with thunder and lightning. Some of the thunderstorms that develop in the lake effect are severe themselves and just add to the wind and the snow coming down
As a resident of Lansing, Michigan, I remember it approaching. The derecho had just fallen apart right as it got here. Incidentally, the derecho crossed three different cities with the name of Lansing… Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan.
Rochester NY got one of these Labor Day 1999. I was in it. Winds weren't as bad but were bad enough. 80 to 90 mph for 20 minutes. Not nearly as long as this one. Then it hit Syracuse with 115 mph gusts. The way it came in reminded me of some of the tornado warned storms I saw in Tuscaloosa Alabama in the 70s when I was at the University of Alabama
@@mm-gl7sz I don't remember that one too much. The one that sticks out to me is the 2017, I believe? ( Not sure what yr it was) I know we had 80 mph that day. it was from a cold front, and the next day was in the 20s. My power was out for 4 days. All along roads trees and telephone poles down like dominos. That was baaad times lol
Why didn't the local radio stations WARN US..When in your car you can't tune in the local TV channels and radio stations should have stopped their regular programming and warned us to take cover. Immediately.
The weather service actually had very little notice. This storm was not forecast -- "Mostly Sunny" temp in the mid 80's and almost no chance of rain. It came up and blew through with very little notice. If you weren't watching the weather closely all day, you were surprised like everyone else.
Most radio stations these days are automated with no local humans on site. People should be aware of those few stations that have people on site to intervene. I got warning via 1630 KCJJ Iowa City.
One thing I'm afraid of is that continued Global Warming will start making what I call SUPER DERECHOS possible! I define a "super derecho" as a derecho that packs winds of 200 mph or greater -- the literal equivalent of an EF-5 tornado! Here's how Global Warming will enable super derechos: the increased temperature of the atmosphere will increase the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere can hold; and the heat, along with the increased moisture, will increase the average CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) that any given thunderstorm can tap into. Derechos just LOVE high-CAPE environments, especially ones with unidirectional speed wind shear. This means winds that change speed with height, but not direction. We have already seen in the past 50 years or so, that Global Warming has been increasing the average intensity of thunderstorms. So, I'm afraid that 140-mph derechos like this one will become an at least once-per-year occurrence! The new "extreme" derechos will be those 200+ mph super derechos. To get an idea of what a super derecho will be like, look at the city of Joplin, Missouri. Now, take the EF-5 tornado damage that that city experienced, and expand that EF-5 damage to the ENTIRE city of Joplin. That's what experiencing a super derecho will be like!
To anyone who still doubts climate change, I truly urge you to spend time with an actual climatologist. This sh*t is way more real than you may ever believe -well, that is until it affects you firsthand.
I had a dream for 2022 that This War brought over 100mph winds to my area. For the last 14 days from the last week of April to may 8th 2022 I have dreamed of a Derecho slamming my area. Some gusts were maybe up to 200mph. An entity of this war was sent to over oklahoma and the result was crazy winds. A warhead of some sort went off over my area causing the winds that could lift entire homes 2000ft into the sky Huge trees I dreamed the recurring theme over 200 times from 2015 to 2021. Have had 40+ more dreams of it since this was Kansas and the areas north of Tulsa getting at least 100+ mph winds. The time period of it coming to pass is from now may 8th to Sept 27th 2022 there is a 100% chance of a Derecho in my area from some weapon of Destruction it's a premonition.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Coverage begins
07:30 Storm chaser caught in storm
19:54 Live storm video
27:56 Storm hits Cedar Rapids
32:00 Studio hit by storm
32:32 Power flash on skycam
35:26 Evacuating the studio
47:00 Studio shaking
1:16:19 First images out of Benton County
1:47:11 First live images from Iowa City
1:54:01 First live reports from Cedar Rapids
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@@PulseParadox I thought I already did, apologies.
@@NStewWX oh your fine 👌👌
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@Korbin Jericho definitely, been using flixzone} for since november myself :D
She deserves an Emmy for covering an unprecedented storm so well.
You’re absolutely right. There were times you could hear the nervousness and sometimes even a little fear in her voice but yet she carried on like a trooper.
The last time this happened according to other videos of coverage was back in 1998
I agree
This storm apparently had wind gusts around 140 mph in and around CR. For reference, that's equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane or an EF3 tornado. I can't imagine how terrifying these storms must've been. Sending love from your northern neighbors in Minnesota 🙏
This is comparable to a category 2. Strong gusts but the winds lasted 20 min instead of 3-6 hours in a hurricane.
@@CarlJohnson-rt7bc that storm lasted more than 20 minutes. I'm pretty sure that it was hitting the CR area for closer to 30 or 45.
I was in my bathroom in a second floor apartment building (of a two floor building) during the damn thing. (in cedar rapids)
I parked at a gas station was pretty crazy, thought my car was going to blow away.
I agree
@@CarlJohnson-rt7bc for the SW side on CR where i live, we had 140+ wind speeds for almost 40 minutes straight. I was home alone while on the phone before the service cut off. It was around 1:00 i believe when the power went off and didn't turn back on for another 1 and a half weeks. I was babysitting a 9 year old who was hysterical and wouldn't calm down. His dad came home and said his truck (a huge ford) was being lifted off the road while driving home. The worst thing about it is that KCRG had lost their radars in Tama and KCRG is located in Marion/outer CR. so their only option was to start tornado sirens and hope people would listen. A very scary storm and something all Iowans will remember, even though it 5 months later Iowa is still re building our cities.
I am astounded by the delivery of instructions and describing conditions with utter clarity and calm, even when the studio is hit. God bless u all in Iowa.
First off... we were warned. The sirens began about a half hour before the storm hit. I was in north Iowa City when it hit. It was a wall of wind and an incredible storm. About twenty minutes into the storm we went to the basement.
I’ve never seen anything like it...
I was in Cedar Rapids. I agree with you 100%. But in Iowa the sirens don’t don’t really scare us as we probably hear them about every other month. That storm was absolutely ridiculous. Just an absolute wall of 100 mph wind for 30 minutes straight. We couldn’t have been prepared for THAT.
our sirens on SE side of CR went off 10 mins before the winds hit. they then went off. 5 mins later my 200 year old tree was on the ground.
My grandparents live in Marion. They now have a flooded house and an unplanned skylight but luckily had power restored yesterday. They said they had almost no warning with sirens or trouble hearing them over the noise, though. They made it downstairs as the trees started hitting their roof.
itzamia We live in Iowa. Nobody cares news wise. Alliant energy sent for hundreds of crews from all over North America to help. They have said this is the worst electrical grid disaster they’ve ever seen. In Linn County, where I live.
itzamia Thank you very much. My apartment didn’t really suffer any damage. I was very lucky. It took myself and another guy about an hour to clear out our small parking lot. My brother had his roof cave in and my parents had their car and a boat destroyed. I wish I could post pics onto UA-cam. I’m guessing that will be available in the future.
Wow, that was one big blow that kept going and going and going.
There was a Derecho here in Southern Illinois back in May of 2009. Thousands of trees down. No electricity for almost a week. People saw F0, F1, F2 tornadoes spin up within this Derecho and boy did that tear things up. Crops could be replanted because the storm hit in early May. Damage to trees can still be seen even after 11 years! I'll never forget seeing shopping carts at Wal-Mart go flying across the parking lot and crashing into cars. Never will I just see a normal everyday thunderstorm heading out of Missouri and crossing the Mississippi River on radar and think there's not much to worry about. Given the right conditions, another Derecho can and will happen again.
Bless you, all.
From Grinnell, IA, I finally had my power restored today. I've been without for 6 days and 2 hours. My deepest gratitude to all who worked so many long and hard hours to make this so. I have never seen this much widespread destruction in my 57 years. So many beautiful old trees snapped off at the ground level and so many more that won't survive due to the stripped off limbs or tops.
I’m still sitting in the dark here in CR.
We sent the boys over from Ontario
@@Crushnaut , thank you!
Your station did an excellent job reporting and giving updates.
They really did
I agree, They did a great job in reporting this event.
How can you report when there wasn't power or cable anywhere? Lol I'm just saying everyone did a pretty shit job of warning any of us. The tornado sirens didn't even go off in most of the city. And they had plenty of time to alert people since it had hit des Moines earlier. Almost everyone I knew had no idea of how bad it was going to be. I've heard dozens of stories of people who were outside in it because they had no idea it was going to be remotely bad.
@@michaeldickson5495 I wonder if you could have done much better? Consider the fact that they were announcing 100 MPH winds before it hit, approximately 25 minutes before the storm entered Cedar Rapids. They were also describing what they saw outside the windows before they evacuated the studio. The NWS was also issuing severe thunderstorm warnings 15-20 minutes before they arrived. This thing developed very rapidly, so it would have been difficult to tell just how intense they'd become. If people would just think to stop and tune in to a radio station or weather radio, they'd have known well in advance about this situation in enough time to get to safety. But again, they had no idea that this storm would become so intense, because the derecho was building strength very quickly which is how they usually perform. They did the best they could do. If I remember correctly, there's even a video here on YT where someone got a warning nearly 15 minutes before the derecho hit Des Moines. I also heard the sirens through the time when it all started going down outside the studio even past 50 minutes. I'm hearing it with headphones, and they started going off well before the storm started in Cedar Rapids. They stopped for a short time and went off a second time just as the storm hit Cedar Rapids, and they stayed on for over 20-25 minutes.
I was visiting Cedar Rapids Iowa from Colorado when this came through. We had up to 112 mph sustained winds for at least 40 minutes!! It was crazy scary! And I've lived in Florida with hurricanes! Never expected this in Iowa!
This woman is damn good at her job!
This Derecho might as well be called an inland hurricane. Hope everyone recovers.
Imagine this for days like the Bahamas had but a cat 5
It basically was damn
Zachery Graves uh no this didn’t last days it lasted an hour
Shut up, you don't know what you're talking about
Calvin Rivera I don’t know what I’m talking about? Doubt you ever experienced a hurricane and have zero clue!
I remember this day very vividly, it was over 100 degrees during the first half of the day which helped fuel this monster storm.
Miss weather lady, you did an excellent job staying calm and sticking to the facts. Great job by the whole crew as well.
She was outstanding!
@@sherriheadaccordion
She did a great job
8 days without power in Marion. 8 days. I was in Stanwood at the time, and got a txt from my mom that it was coming and it had just hit there. Less than 1/2 hour later the power went out in Stanwood. It sounded like someone was throwing rocks at the building. There were trees down everywhere, and only one way out of town. 30 was clear all the way back to 13. When I got to back to Marion, I had to go through a maze just to get home since most intersections were blocked. There was a 21" tree down on top of our garage, pinning 2 cars inside. The waiting list was at least a week to get the tree taken care of. I got discouraged, and went on a prayer walk down the street- praying for whoever had damage in the neighborhood. Then when I got to the end of the street, I saw a telehandler putting shingles on the roof of a house with no damage at all. It didn't seem fair that they were getting help and not us. Turns out it was a contractor from out of town looking for work. He drove by our house within an hour, and said he could get the tree off our garage. Then 4 people from church came over and helped us get our cars out. Then the contractor showed up and the tree was off an hour later. Prayer is all that got us through. There is no other explanation. God hears our prayers.
I live in Waterloo Iowa..we got the top part of it but nothing compared to CR
Hard to believe a line of storms could get up to 70mph movement, that's interstate speeds!
Yes
Yeah Cedar Rapids confirmed they recorded 140 in our area. Makes sense with the trees we lost everywhere. Whole forests thinned out.
The highest winds were recorded 6 miles south east of tama recorded at 146 mph wind gusts
Try 140mph plus it was crazy
146 i think was the high .
This is CRAZY. I hope everyone out there recovers quickly and painlessly.
I can't get over how this storm destroyed yalls town. In Iowa of all places,God bless you guys and your Families, I hope everyone stayed safe. I know this storm will be talked about for years to come...
They should make a new warning called "Extreme Thunderstorm Warning" just because it is a well developed Derecho with winds above the minimum Hurricane Force.
They have tornado emergencies for major ef4 and 5 tornadoes, especially on PDS tornado watch days. The had a PDS severe thunderstorm watch out for most of eastern Iowa before the warnings and then the storm. Why don't the have a severe thunderstorm emergency when you get something this bad that's a severe thunderstorm instead of a tornado?
I've been through quite a few hurricanes in Florida, on the beach, when I made the mistake of not evacuating. Regretted it each time. But THIS thunderstorm looked and sounded equal to or WORSE than any cat 2-3 hurricane that I made the mistake of "sheltering in place" for. Watching this was incredible!!! How does this happen over land without warm water to energize it? CRAZY !!!
Because of the warm moist air rising from the south being met with a strong cold front.
How scary! I hope you fine people recover soon from that terrible storm.
We were hit with one of these in South Jersey a month ago or two. The wind damage was as bad as when Hurricane Sandy hit. We were without power for two days. My boss had no power for three. Neighbors farther down the street lost their power for six days. It’s been one helluva year thus far for the whole planet apparently.
I agree. I live in South Jersey also and it was bad, but not as bad is in Iowa.
Hard to believe something like this can happen. Luckily for the stay at home this could have been a lot more worse. Praying for you all.
unfortunately i think it was worse due to the stay at home order. or working from home due to covid. a lot of us were working and not watching TV. if we were at work our employer would have notified us
The thing that impressed me was the duration. We got 85mph wind March second but it only lasted about 15 minutes and even that damaged our roof
I’m from marion iowa and are fence got destroyed we just got power back today it has been out for 2 weeks no generator and are huge tree fell tree fell on are powerline are neighbors tree got ripped up outta the ground and her car was stuck in it
First class weather person! Great job.
I used to live in cedar rapids and im so thankful i wasnt there when this happend, i remember how tornadoes would rip through the country side and the dual tornado storm during a night back in 2014.
Just rewatching this again and it's crazy how they were thinking it'd be weaker on the north side of CR based off of radar. No way they could have know but obviously that wasn't the case...lol. Just shows how hard this stuff is to forecast even with modern technology. I'll definitely always remember trying to navigate to a new job site immediately after the storm stopped. The city was completely unrecognizable and impassable. Took me an hour to go 2 miles to the job site.
I pray we never have to go through that again. I've never seen anything like it before. It's very strange driving down roads that used to have many beautiful trees and now they're gone.
Sadly, a few days ago they got 90-100 mph winds
@@baddgeeksquad it's freaking scary. Stay safe
Good job!! I hope you’re all okay. Where’s all the pictures of inside C.R. Please ? I’ve switched to your channel for better coverage Aug 14 .
Check out the Iowa Derecho Support Facebook page
Looks like your station rode that storm out quite well, Nick.
I remember this day. I was in Dubuque doing some training for a new job that I had just gotten. I didn’t really realize it was getting bad outside. I had noticed it was getting very dark outside with lots of lightning. I had started early in the morning and it was around 1230 when the front desk had told me my parents were trying to get ahold of me because all the phone lines and internet had went out from the derecho. I didn’t receive any calls or texts throughout the day due to all of this.
What time of day did coverage begin?
I had to look up what a derecho was after hearing about this, and they had a list of notable occurrences. There were actually 8 notable derecho events in the US so far this year- the average is one or two events annually! Another example of just how bad 2020 has been.
Okay so for some context for those saying "I wish I'd had warning" Derechos form without warning. To radar they simply look like a major thunderstorm event (severe/supercell), however, they can only be confirmed AS a Derecho when a storm chaser enters them. Most Derechos can produce tornadoes but for the most part, they are straight line wind storms with a shit ton of rain, hail, lightning (usually sheet), that can last from a few minutes to a few hours.
For context, yes I've been in one (hell I took a "shower" in one just for laughs - regretted it later when I got a cold...ah well....such was the life of a teenager). Anyways, we only knew it was a Derecho because thankfully, storm chasers had been staging outside of my hometown because another weather event had been popping up on radar (oh look it's a supercell that went bloody EAST while the Derecho came WEST -_- fml). When they confirmed the storm was NOT rotating and showed no signs of rotation, it was quickly determined that we had a Derecho en route and our town's sirens went off giving people a 15 minute lead time.
And unlike those in the previous video to this one....we heeded those sirens and took shelter. Thankfully, ours was fairly mild (sustained wind speeds of 70MpH) but we still sustained damage to various buildings, trees, etc.
I'm not trying to be rude honestly, but do you know the meaning of the word derecho? It means a line of severe thunderstorms that moves over a area equal or greater than 250 miles. It has nothing to do with chasers etc. Must severe thunderstorm warnings issued for a non derecho or derecho is by the national weather service by radar (radar indicated). When something like this happens the national weather service has a clear knowledge of what's happening. Only reason why the wind reports kept getting higher is yes because of the spotter reports. But there has been many derecheos and straight line wind events that have been warned many counties in advanced from the storm many times. Being from Southern Wisconsin it happens many times a year (severe thunderstorms warnings issued counties in advanced and up to a hour ahead). Spotters are crucial although doesn't need to only be confirmed by them. In many locations (depending on region) sirens are activated when winds are over 80mph. In my location it is 80mph. People that are weather aware will have well more time to prepare before the sirens go off. Even in this video you see what's called a blanket warning (many counties warned well ahead of the storm, some 40+ mins ahead).
I was in Fort Madison, Iowa when it hit, and it took out power, trees, houses, even a tornado touched and flew some cars and lifted up. It was crazy.
How much crazier can 2020 get!
My grandaughter says the storm was a tornado mixed with a hurricane. Thanks for warning us!
Think of it more like a tsunami of wind, rain, and anything not bolted down.
Amazing!!
Places far away as St. Louis lost power. This storm didn't mess around.
It's blowing like a hurricane!!
My power died at 12:40 for 10 days. It was REALLY dark that night.
Great job if I could make a suggestion RAIN-X on your camera lenses works great oh ya on all lights and glass
Not to mention Iowa had another derecho just 16 months later on December 15th 2021.
Cant help but wonder which disaster was worse/ more damaging to Cedar Rapids. The 2008 flood or this?
This by far it affecred the whole city and every single home in cedar rapids was affected.
We need this deracho in California
The rain, but not the winds/damage.
How did this happen? That's not natural for that area of the US.
True, but they do occur every 40 years or so....greater frequency now with climate change.
It is natural but not that common but they do happen mostly in the midwest and some parts of the northeast
Not true! We get these every year in Illinois and other parts of the Midwest get it every 2 years
There was one in 1998, so not too terribly long ago, unfortunately. I have been having nightmares after this derecho because I was on the road when it hit.
@@plutonix853 I’ve lived in Des Moines my whole life and never experienced anything like this before now, if my trees actually got ripped out every two years I’d move out.
Where did this storm come from
China
@@andyenders5073 Hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It originated in South Dakota.
Lol.. I was gonna say China too.
it was the scariest day ever I live in Cedar Rapids and I never knew this was coming
Derecho?
great work ladies.
Best things about wind storms is when:
(a) they get rid of "Above" Ground pools
(b) They get rid of Trampolines
#thankfullneighbors
I live in Madison, WI, 180 miles north east of where this went through, we got some tornados and a quick burst of insane activity but nothing like IA..
Prayers for IA
There needs to be better warning. Severe thunderstorm just doesn't cut it. It's way worse than that !
Severe thunderstorm emergency or thunderstorm emergency would do it. It would tell you that the storm is way more severe than a normal severe thunderstorm, just like a tornado emergency tells you a really bad tornado is coming your way
I finally got power today. As of today 41 million pounds of debris have been removed... devastating to say the least
Oh wow..glad you got your power back..I have never heard of this..it is literally a perfect storm situation
@@taradactule6052 thank you! The storm was crazy. It lasted for 45 minutes with high winds. Some up to 140 mph. My brother was out of power for 12 days. The linemen have been working day and night. They've come from all over the US and Canada to help. It's very surreal to say the least.
20 minute warning for hurricane strength storm is pretty darn scary if you ask me
Every one needs to learn what they do in Oklahoma when the stop lights are not working. They automatically make it a four way stop and that way traffic moves smoothly.
@Decadent _Descent Um NO THEY DON'T. MANY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND SO I SHARED TO THOSE THAT DON'T.
@Decadent _Descent WELL WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH CAPS. AND MANY "MANY" PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW TO TURN THEIR BREAKERS OFF. SAD YOU ASSUME AS THAT IS WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE. THEY ASSUME PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW...IF THAT WAS TRUE CHILDREN WOULD COME INTO THE WORLD BEING ALL KNOWING BY YOUR LOGIC.
Im ne cedar rapids-ia still without power there a tree and pole right outside my driveway this strom was worst strom ive ever seen have no power week 2 days later
I hope everyone was wearing a mask.
LOL
Sounds like the guy reporter was! He is very muffled.
Where did the high winds originate? Why weren't warnings issued earlier?
1:58:44 The meteorologist explains a little bit about the storm origins. As far as the warnings, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are usually issued for up to 1 hour. If you want more advance notice than that, you have to look for the Severe Thunderstorm Watch, which was issued for central Iowa at 9 AM. It was extended into eastern Iowa by 11:30 AM and deemed a "particularly dangerous situation."
@@matthewshaynes thank you Matthew. An amazingly awesome response that you don't normally see on UA-cam. Thank you!
@@matthewshaynes My brother in Cedar Rapids said there were no warnings on local AM radio, no cell phone alerts, just a forcast for thunderstorms that afternoon. I can't believe Des Moines authorities, radio station managers, whoever, didn't simply start calling municipalities to the east.
we knew a storm was coming. but didnt' know it was this bad. most of us were working from home and not paying attention to the weather. i got a phone call from someone in Marshalltown warning about their damage and that it would hit us bad. 20 mins later it was happening.
@@trukxelf can confirm no cell phone warnings. i live on SE side by brucemore. sirens went on for 5 mins. then they turned off. about 5-10 mins later the storm hit
The inland hurricane they say, more like deadly one
It slammed the Quad Cities at 130 that day and I was at work when it hit. I got power back that day.
One of the worst storms in Iowa and Illinois history
Be safe.
This case is EXACTLY why the media should have been sued to stop making everything digital, or force them to broadcast analog during emergencies. For 4 days we had no cellphone service no internet service and newspapers weren't delivered, and no electricity for 6 days. I have 2 battery operated TVs that used to be used in these cases, that are worthless now! 80% of this broadcast, and ALL of the info put out for the next several days didn't exist to most of us. No weather updates, and no info about where to get assistance, food, water, or ice. Good thing I found it on UA-cam, a week later. Thanks for nothing.
The transition to digital was an FCC requirement BY the government, not a choice by television.
@@NStewWX I realize that. "... the media..." was a poor choice of wording. My point is the same. I was one of thousands that voiced this very concern, and it was ignored. I went 6 days without power, my son and sister 7, my father in law just now got his back, and two other family members still have none. Thousands still have no power, and might not for several more days So without cellphones, we're cut off from ANY information, and it was 3 days before that came back spotty, and 4 days before it was stable. Eliminating analog was asinine.
@@docv73 I hear ya. It was not ideal on our end either!
@docv73 you sound very imbecile. Stop blaming others for something they have no control over. Maybe you should get rid of your worthless TVs and put some batteries into a RADIO and treat people with kindness.
Gunna be 4 years in august 😢 the the storm that gave me more terrible storm anxiety had ptsd like panic attacks after this storm when others came through
That guy on the wrong side of the road made me laugh, dude must’ve shat his pants in fear from the storm and just wanted to get home
Just after it crossed Lake Michigan, it completely fell apart.
How come
I'd be willing to bet Lake Michigan caused it to fall apart. I used to live in Buffalo NY and Lake Erie always had a moderating effect on severe weather, except of course during the early winter with the infamous lake effect snow with thunder and lightning. Some of the thunderstorms that develop in the lake effect are severe themselves and just add to the wind and the snow coming down
As a resident of Lansing, Michigan, I remember it approaching. The derecho had just fallen apart right as it got here. Incidentally, the derecho crossed three different cities with the name of Lansing… Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan.
Finally my roof is getting fixed this week.
39:18 Nice zoom ID
what are the little white dots on the radar
Lightning
What kind of storm is this is it a tornado?
A derecho
That's how big the storm was?!
120 mph is a cat 3
Intense!
Are you OK, Eric Hill?
47:08 looks like a earthquake
You can tell in her voice how bad she knew it was going to be.
It's like the eyewall of a hurricane, but theres no eye.
Rochester NY is so sorry 😔🙏
Rochester NY got one of these Labor Day 1999. I was in it. Winds weren't as bad but were bad enough. 80 to 90 mph for 20 minutes. Not nearly as long as this one. Then it hit Syracuse with 115 mph gusts. The way it came in reminded me of some of the tornado warned storms I saw in Tuscaloosa Alabama in
the 70s when I was at the University of Alabama
@@mm-gl7sz I don't remember that one too much. The one that sticks out to me is the 2017, I believe? ( Not sure what yr it was) I know we had 80 mph that day. it was from a cold front, and the next day was in the 20s. My power was out for 4 days. All along roads trees and telephone poles down like dominos. That was baaad times lol
This is impossible a inland hurricane . How is this?
Derecho.
Can a derecho produce a tornado
Yes. This derecho did, but they were much weaker than the winds produced from the derecho.
Damn! That's all I can say.
Why didn't the local radio stations WARN US..When in your car you can't tune in the local TV channels and radio stations should have stopped their regular programming and warned us to take cover. Immediately.
The weather service actually had very little notice. This storm was not forecast -- "Mostly Sunny" temp in the mid 80's and almost no chance of rain. It came up and blew through with very little notice. If you weren't watching the weather closely all day, you were surprised like everyone else.
Most radio stations these days are automated with no local humans on site. People should be aware of those few stations that have people on site to intervene. I got warning via 1630 KCJJ Iowa City.
Wish somebody would have told me about this when I was strolling down the river bike trail in downtown CR.
Maybe check the weather before you go out next time and blame yourself.
INTENSE
Derecho Andrea
Who in July 2024?
Camera man was like "wow".
How about you do something to help that head on collision about to happen? That would have been your story.
One thing I'm afraid of is that continued Global Warming will start making what I call SUPER DERECHOS possible! I define a "super derecho" as a derecho that packs winds of 200 mph or greater -- the literal equivalent of an EF-5 tornado! Here's how Global Warming will enable super derechos: the increased temperature of the atmosphere will increase the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere can hold; and the heat, along with the increased moisture, will increase the average CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) that any given thunderstorm can tap into. Derechos just LOVE high-CAPE environments, especially ones with unidirectional speed wind shear. This means winds that change speed with height, but not direction. We have already seen in the past 50 years or so, that Global Warming has been increasing the average intensity of thunderstorms. So, I'm afraid that 140-mph derechos like this one will become an at least once-per-year occurrence! The new "extreme" derechos will be those 200+ mph super derechos. To get an idea of what a super derecho will be like, look at the city of Joplin, Missouri. Now, take the EF-5 tornado damage that that city experienced, and expand that EF-5 damage to the ENTIRE city of Joplin. That's what experiencing a super derecho will be like!
Get ready to see these a lot more often with our increasingly unstable atmosphere due to climate change.
Lol Derechos are nothing short of common already. Have been for hundreds, thousands of years.
Legend has it Cedar Rapids is without power to this day.
10:49 anyone else see the dead deer or "debris" rolling past? 😣
not a deer
That's just a weed 🤣
To anyone who still doubts climate change, I truly urge you to spend time with an actual climatologist. This sh*t is way more real than you may ever believe -well, that is until it affects you firsthand.
Vote American, Vote Biden.
All the more reason to vote for a real American... JOE BIDEN.
i wonder if she would consider this an 'intense storm' with 'intense winds' making it 'incredibly intense' outside.
I had a dream for 2022 that This War brought over 100mph winds to my area. For the last 14 days from the last week of April to may 8th 2022 I have dreamed of a Derecho slamming my area. Some gusts were maybe up to 200mph. An entity of this war was sent to over oklahoma and the result was crazy winds. A warhead of some sort went off over my area causing the winds that could lift entire homes 2000ft into the sky Huge trees I dreamed the recurring theme over 200 times from 2015 to 2021. Have had 40+ more dreams of it since this was Kansas and the areas north of Tulsa getting at least 100+ mph winds. The time period of it coming to pass is from now may 8th to Sept 27th 2022 there is a 100% chance of a Derecho in my area from some weapon of Destruction it's a premonition.
Guess what didn't happen you crazy person 😁
But hey, there is no such thing as global warming...
Zach T right and now for the first time in recorded history there will probably be 2 hurricanes at the same time in the Gulf....
@@Shadenstallmann sweet mother of God what a time we live in
Derechos are very common and have been for thousands of years. This wasn't the worst Derecho in the US.
I survived it