THE BIG WIND| August 10th 2020 Derecho in the Midwest/Chicago Area | Skydrama VLOG #13
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- A powerful, long-lived thunderstorm complex producing widespread damaging wind gusts, called a derecho, swept from Iowa into northern Illinois on Monday, August 10th, 2020. The strongest winds blasted central and eastern portions of Iowa with 100-120 mph wind gusts. 80 to 100 mph winds and isolated brief tornadoes were common across northern Illinois.
Filmed with a Sony AX43 4K Camcorder and Sony AS30 Action Cam
Andrew Pritchard | Skydrama.Photography | @skydrama
If you ever see any storm spotters in the area that you live in, you better get ready to take cover.
Farmers don’t get the praise they deserve for their patience and faithfulness! Where would we be if they didn’t keep building back after storms like this, bless their hearts!!
Do you know most of our food is from china? 😂 go praise them for dealing with snow in summer, and 40 days of rain..and prayy they keep exporting..
@@stevenroberts9992 Interesting! Where did you get your information?
Just look it up...you can look up whats imported and exported yano...
@@stevenroberts9992 i know, right?! I was wondering where you looked it up or found it though?
@@AmericanPeasantry google, its pretty easily obtained, do your research
For a city slicker myself, my hat off to all those who go through this every year...and somehow you feed America.
You work SO DAMN HARD!
FOR EVERY BITE OF FOOD IN MY 49 YEARS OF LIFE, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION STRENGTH AND LOVE OF THE LAND AND THIS COUNTRY!
GOD BLESS EVERY FARMER IN AMERICA!!
Without you, we wouldn't be America!
Thank you & God Bless you all 💞
I dig your enthusiasm. :-)
God bless the U S A 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️💋
We get most of our food from China
@@k.j.305 beat me too it lol, was gonna say, should be hopping on a chinese channel if they exist and thanking them for dealing with the month of rain theyve had, plus still feeding america 😂 im in maine, we grow corn, not people corn either, cattle corn, that gets shipped for cattle feed out of the country, processed, and braught back here to be sold to cattle farmers 😂 chinas goin threw some maddd bad weather rn and its food supply is gon be screwed, which means ours will be too...cause its made in china folks
Marianne Lynn Latjow what a beautiful thing to say.❤️❤️❤️❤️
You know, its not a good sign when someone pulls up into your parking lot and says, "Hey. I'm a storm spotter. You mind if I pull up here next to your building?"
It might mean you're in a safe spot away from the worst of it. Storm chasers keep their distance from tornadoes and hail.
Two words for you REED TIMMER. Lol!
@@supernutt are you joking they get as close to the worst part as possible. This guys nuts
sabrina felber or Tim Samaras r.i.p.
Geico phone agent: 👨🏻💻
"would you like regular coverage or our STORM SPOTTER package"?
💨🏃♂️🚘🌪🌲🏡
I think this Storm Chaser is one of the best. He remains clear, calm and doesn't distract the Viewer with a lot of excited, superfluous chatter!
Thanks for the comment! I love every storm chaser's unique style, but I personally got tired of the sound of my own voice covering up my storm video when I rewatched them so I learned the habit of shutting up for the most part.
@@AndrewPritchard Great job with this video.
You want clear, calm and very knowledgeable, look up Pecos Hank. He's my favorite storm chaser. I hate the storm chasers that are screaming and yelling like little girls.
Me in Dayton after watching this beast on radar all afternoon: "Nah, we're safe. It's way north."
My porch furniture at 2 AM: _"wheeeee!"_
Joking aside, just... Wow. This video is exceptional. Absolutely checking out more of your content.
I was at the mall with my friend when this hit the state im in. We actually heard the tornado sirens go off when inside the mall. But when we were leaving we saw rotation with this storm front. I never seen this before
@@freddyplaysgamesandmuchmor7285 That had to look awesome. Scary situation with the sirens though!
@@andie_pants it did, it was scary tho
I may be sick in the head, but I wish I had been there to experience that. So exciting. I like wild weather.
No you don't. My neighborhood trees were destroyed. Any car in the street was crushed by falling trees. It was scary!
It sucks for all those who had no comprehensive insurance on their vehicles and cannot afford a new means of transportation. Even cars that were for sale got smashed in the streets. Now people will have to buy from sleezy used car salesmen who blue book price a car that's actually in poor or fair condition(because the rust) and try to sell it off as being in "good". Oh and engine code resetting and wanting $1.5k for a car that might last 2 days before the engine blows up. Uhg. Lot's of people are hurting, they lost their food, they haven't showered for days, they've been without work...as if Covid-19 wasn't bad enough, this derecho was the last thing we neeeded.
Sorry, should have clarified. I live in So Cal. We have winds called Santa Ana, also known as the devil’s wind. They are strong winds that can last a couple of days if not more. They bring very low humidity and generally scare the crap out of fire fighters because if a brush fire starts, it can get really bad very quickly destroying homes, endangering farm animals and some people have gotten caught in the fire. The winds blow big rigs over and knock down trees. And sometimes they’re just a fat nuisance knocking dead branches (and some live ones) out of trees. They gain strength at twilight scaring dogs every where because of trash cans and anything not nailed down getting blown around the yard. Yes, I’m well aware of what the wind can do. I still find it exciting. Scares me too but I’m more fascinated with the power of nature than I’m scared of it. Ergo, yes, I would have enjoyed watching it. Not happy at all about the damage, but still excited about the power of wind.
I feel that. On my bucket list is going on vacation with a storm chaser. You know you can do that right? I get butterflies just imagining it.
And it’s been a dry summer here! Not one summer storm. I’m in so cal and we say we’d love to experience this but I think we’d shit ourselves! 😅
Young man, you just be careful. Not worth losing your life. Good footage, but please stay safe.
I appreciated your presentation. The one on YOU TUBE in Cedar Rapids,Iowa was similar to the Derecho that hit us in Iowa City.We had winds of 112 mph but CR had possibly 140 mph according to NWS out of the Quad Cities. Thanks ...
We were hit here in Maryland by a derecho in June 2012. I'm in central Maryland. We had so much tree damage and losses ....... so many large/huge trees just laid right over because the derecho came thru after a very, very wet spring (like rain every week,heavy rain for days at a time if not a week at a time here and there)..... the trees just couldn't hold on ....... and some communities further out of town (rural and semi rural) were 3 - 4 weeks or more with no power...... it was awful
I'm from the Eastern shore of Maryland and I can't remember a derecho hitting us. Maybe I blocked it out lol. I remember hurricanes and nor'easters but no derecho.
@@cathymac6472 Y'all on the Eastern shore may not have gotten much of it or maybe not as bad as where I am in Baltimore County. Like I said, so many, many trees down, power lines taken down by the trees, etc. I am in town, but it was something like I had never seen before, nor have I seen since. When the worst of it was blowing and raining, I had water coming in under my front door ...... the wind and rain were coming straight at the front of the house, it was strange that there wasn't water coming in around the windows, just under the front door. I didn't sleep until the rain stopped. I hope that was the closest I will ever come to experiencing anything close to a full blown hurricane.
This happens every couple of years, when you have northwesterly flow aloft, and very high surface dewpoints in the threatened area. The storms develop then "eat" into the humid air, and propagate and blast SE'ward. What makes these so strong is the strong jetstream. Unusual in a VERY high moisture environment. Also...as an operational weather forecaster for 35 years, and having taught severe weather analysis and forecasting for the Department of Defense for 8 years (Subject Matter Expert, or SME), an EXCELLENT rule of thumb for convective wind gust forecasting is 1.5 times the forward speed of movement. The video started with the comment of 75 mph movement..so this is about 112 mph convective gust potential.
A good "comp" for this type of system is the west-Texas and Oklahoma "dry line." Also called a Marfa Front, as it frequently originates in the vicinity of Marfa, Texas. This is a moisture discontinuity..where bone dry air with westerly winds aloft push into very, VERY high dewpoints. The more moisture the atmosphere has, the more latent heat it releases when condensation occurs, which keeps the storms bouyant (and developing). Conversely, very dry air is very dense air, and is quite effecting in punching underneath warm, moist, humid air, and forcing it aloft. In a derecho event, rapidly moving storms with strong upward vertical motion MUST have compensatory motion...or strong DVM (downward vertical motion) in the rain cooled air behind the line. This DVM creates/strengthens a meso-high pressure cell, further increasing the density contrast across the system..cold/dense on one side, hot, humid, and unstable on the other. You get a little mini-cold front moving along at 75 miles per hour. I have seen a derecho go from Iowa to Savannah, Georgia...as long as the air on the warm side of the line remains unstable, there is no stopping the storms from propagating southeastward.
its also got a lot to do with our suns solar cycle atm.
Thanks Dennis wonderful info
Michael Myrick how does the sun affect this. I need to know how this happens.
@@alexsandrarokas7117 might be better to look it up ur self. to much to type here. but we are electricly bound to the sun and water follows electricity. more then just the pressure and temp controled. there all effects of our bond to the sun. even earth quakes have a strong tie to our sun.
That's like being in a giant angry car wash. But it's free!
It’s not a car wash if you’re stuck on a gravel road. Me and my grandma were out when this storm hit and after all that, one side of our car was just streaks of mud and leaves. We went through a car wash before this too. 👀
I've been an Iowa for all of my life, we always were out on the porch checking out every storm. This one had us actually had us pretty spooked. This one was a horrible one. So much damage and no power. Every school in cedar rapids is uninhabitable.
I'm in Iowa after the first gust of wind knocked branches off my trees I told the kids its time to be in the basement. I didn't have power for 11 days.
I am in Texas we are about to get smashed by hurricane Laura, JW, what winds were these?
@@TrishaBucknell I am in Texas we are about to get smashed by hurricane Laura, JW, what winds speed were these? ty for any reply
I hear Iowans have a bit of a Canadian accent.
@@eyecomeinpeace2707 I don't know about that Minnesota might. We wind speeds in Cedar Rapids of 140 MPH
Im from marion ia just moved from cedar rapids i had trees in top of my roof. Around my house we were trapped inside we just got our lights back on yesterday a few yrs ago i experience hurricane charlie in florida and i can honestly say this was way worst this has been very devastating i wish the media would actually show how cedar rapids and marion looked after this storm im so thankful to God that there were no deaths and so thankful for my community for all the help and the marion police department for keeping us safe from the looters and all those who tried to break into our homes in a time like this i pray for all of my fellow Iowans that experience this nightmare may God bless you and your families.
Imagine getting caught in this on a motorcycle.
that would suck very badly.
Ride the wind!
Funny thing, this dude in my town had a Harley parked on it's kickstand that stood there as a shed blew over the top of it but the motorcycle didn't get knocked down.
Tumbleweed
I thought the dirt on your windshield was on my phone screen. 📱
Me too 😂😂😂😂
Same here. 😆
Haha at first I thought but I knew it wasn’t bc I keep my phone clean. I can’t stand seeing smudgy screens. OCD at its finest 🤷🏽♀️
When stopping to check a storm, don't stop next to a huge propane tank.
This guy pulls up to Walmart for shelter!
Clerk at door:
NO MASK-NO ENTRY!
😷✋🛑 🏃♂️🚘🌪⛈
Looks like its been there awhile. I could assume it may be the kind that will leak gas if pressure changes occur in many scenarios. We have one that will leak gas to avoid explosion when theres 90 mph winds up in the alpine desserts. Lots of pressure changes when in high elevation storms, same can go for low elevation storms
That's a diesel tank, not propane. Much less chance of anything going wrong there. Still possible, just not as likely.
Pro tip: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@Yusuf Nash definitely, I've been watching on flixzone for since november myself :)
This was such a bad storm system. You can see the crop damage to the crops in iowa from space. In Cedar Rapids we had 140 MPH winds.
Trisha Bucknell I was so sad to hear about the terrible storm damage in Iowa. Good people who didn’t deserve this.😔
My grandparents’ chimney flew right off during the storm in Cedar Rapids. Powerful. 😓
@@phcbia3408 it was crazy strong.. It could have been worse. My friends house isn't even livable.
You'd think that would powerwash the covid away.
Dude pulls up to Walmart for shelter!
Clerk at door:
NO MASK-NO ENTRY!
😷✋🛑 🏃♂️🚘🌪⛈
It'll all be over beginning Nov. 4.
The Mark Walhberg of storm chasing!
So basically this is what happens when a wall cloud stays as a wall cloud and doesn't rotate. Iit feeds itself the same way a Tornado does. In many ways they are more dangerous than Tornadoes. These are so rare. 10 million acres of corn was lost to this storm.
Love Wild Weather but how awesome is it really to be able to watch these Videos on my computer vs. first hand? This Storm Chaser was impressive. I guess you do have to be a bit nuts to do this sort of work but I appreciate that they are out there. I've always respected Mother Nature but seeing these videos brings it to an entirely new Level.
@ 3:36 I thought that squashed bug was on my iPad screen.
I was trying to wipe it off 😂
Jillian Thorpe yup me too until he moved his camera did I realise. DOH!
It's literally been on there the whole video you guys 🤦🤣
With some many youtubers covering the same storms and situations, you gotta hunt around for quality - and this here is one of those quality channels. Thanks for keeping it real Andrew!
Don't ever forget:
These farmers are the heart of America and they keep things running 24/7. Wonderful and kind people! 😊
That's exactly why they targeted that area and this will not be the first, we will be seeing many of these next summer. Man Masters weather 2025
Darling you need to be under a shelter somewhere, but your gutsy like a Texan love the videos.
This is the sweetest way I've ever been told that I'm nuts! Thanks for watching, Reba!
Seeing someone named Reba begin a comment with "Darling..." made my day. :-)
Also because it's Idaho, you know at least one person tried to step outside for a cigarette.
Your music volume drowns out anything you say
Wow. This is like a 40 minute long category 2 hurricane.
A category 2 hurricane last more than 40 minutes
@@reneerandall2572 Which is why he said it was like a 40 minute category 2 hurricane...
Yes I'm from Iowa and we got hit hard by this storm
Great video, thanks for sharing! However your video is mild compared to what hit us in Cedar RApids, IA. Our city is in destruction and looks like a war zone. We need help with food and volunteers.
You are absolutely right! I have been doing what I can to spread the word about Cedar Rapids on my twitter feed.
I agree. I'm in CR also....it's nuts!
My friend is from Marion, but was out of state for school. She was wondering about the damage. Sounded like her dad could only send her bits and pieces of the damage.
@@Gracen26 It's unbelievable...pictures do it no justice. The amount of damage is horrific! Marion is a destroyed mess...Zoey's pizza, Marion square, main street and the library...so much destruction. I can get you pictures if you want.
@@Gracen26 It is horrible. The entire city and surrounding communities are affected. Traffic lights are out, downed wires everywhere, trees and debris, buildings wiped out. We had no gas stations open for days. The poor couldn't use their food stamp cards because stores were running on generators. WE NEED HELP HERE. Especially chain saws and volunteers to help with the physical clean up of trees and debris. Everyone is exhausted. Those with less damage feel guilty. The emotions change all day long.
Saw the whole thing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It's left a mess of destruction
Cedar Rapids was hit so much harder!
@@AndrewPritchard Yep, I'm there...it's a weather war zone of destruction.
I really like the way that you chatted with a few folks and showed patience and compassion.
That is unreal the way the storm ran over you on it's way across to territory. Prayers for all effected. God bless you all from Bakersfield California USA.
I was in Nebraska and wind came out of nowhere no rain
With everything that has happened in 2020, the good Lord is telling us something & people aren't listening. This storm was massive, I just pray whoever needs help, they get it soon. Governor Reynolds, cut the puppet strings from the Pres & stand on your own 2 feet.
Amen.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa the National Weather Service a couple day after the storm issue the winds speed for us at 140 mph lasting 45 minutes there was no power for 2 weeks an estimate of 50 percent of our trees are destroyed with over 1000 buildings condemned
What nobody is mentioning in the comments is weather warfare, We have fires in the northwest in five different states, now we have fires in Colorado. This storm was not natural, this was manufactured. Next they will go after the bread basket, the plane states. After that they will go after the Appalachian mountains with fire, it's already in the books. People need to learn about weather warfare and geoengineering, that was the cause of this behemoth monster.
Rolls down window while driving, "yep, winds blowin alright" Lmfao Reminded me of a joke I pulled ona gal friend Lol
If you see this, please lower music volume and boost voice audio. Could barely understand you with the music. It was LOUD!!
I live in Lake County IL and have taken the training at College of Dupage to be a trained spotter. When I started seeing kinks in the line I got really scared. I've seen some nasty weather hit Chicagoland in my 46 years but Wow. The sky turned pea green where I live and then the sirens went off. You do an excellent job at getting all sorts of footage. I really appreciate all that you share with us. I still can't believe that IL had 11 tornadoes and one that went through Rogers Park and out into the lake.
I'm in Lake County too that was intense storm
Spotters are dbags who are in it for the adrenaline and drive around benefiting off people's misfortunes. Taking videos of storms destroying people's lives and then driving around taking pictures and videos of them as they realize the damage. Get a life. I always pray your vehicles get damaged cuz u purposely drive be into these things, while the people who live there get their stuff destroyed by just being unlucky and in the way of the storm, then u leave free of damage after benefitting off these people misfortunes. While they are stuck dealing with an event they wanted no part of. You're a bunch of sick losers. Get a real job.
@@jackmehoffe9662 In 52 years I can't say I have met a more miserable soul-Toll
im fairly sure that naperville got hit by an ef1 during this storm
W o W . Incredible footage. I have driven through a Tornado one summer years ago on the Sawmill Pkwy in Columbia County, NY on my way to NYC. It was a frightening experience mainly because that road has NO SHOULDERS in which to pull over. Visibility was only the to the middle of my car hood. If I, or anyone, would have panicked & stopped, you would have gotten plowed into from behind or slammed into a stopped car, so you had to keep going praying the road ahead was clear. Dips & hills in the road created valleys flooded with water and often my car would totally submerge almost up to my door window. (I was driving a Mitsubishi Gallant, very low to the ground).My windshield wipers were ineffective against the rain, wind & the thrashing of tree limbs that whipped across my windshield. Luckily I knew the road well & where there was a Scenic Overlook, only opportunity to pull over & a few miles ahead. It was also hard to decide the best speed - too slow & I might get stuck in the flooded areas, too fast an impact with a slower or stopped car ahead would be severe. When I arrived there were many cars who had done the same but the car next to me had a hysterical, screaming woman. Thank heavens she wasn't the Driver! There was not much to do overall except hit your Flashers, stay alert & be ready for any event that might occur. Stay alert & remain Calm was my only option. It was a harrowing experience but rare, unlike people who go through similar, if not worse, on a more frequent basis in some areas of the Country. It helps to actually SEE what these Storms are like - I thank this Storm Chaser for risking it so we can !
I’m from Ames ,Iowa and it was pretty nasty here also...trees down everywhere,structures damaged,no power for two days.I watched the storm go through...it was amazing seeing the trees bend way over.The one ten feet out in front of me blew over.My building shuddered.Ive never seen this type of storm before and don’t care to ever see another!
I'm from Marshalltown myself. Many of us are still without power. My parents and I only just got electricity back on a few hours ago. School here is starting a week or so later than planned. That said, I am grateful for Alliant and other electric companies working as hard as they have been the past week. 😁
THANKS for sharing this Andrew!! "SKYDRAMA"- Great title!! Loved your response to 'Joe Schmo''🤣
Weren’t you worried about that gas tank you were parked next too?
Floods in Nebraska live stock and crops better find food for this winter several months worth.
It's a good thing you only had 100-120.... Cedar Rapids on the south west side got 140 mile an hour winds and nearly wiped off the map. Glad everyone is safe there.
120 and 140 is almost no different they cause the same damage
I would have parked forward of that junk pile visible at the corner of the building. It sure made me nervous. Loose objects in high winds and all, it seemed like an unnecessary risk to take in an already risky situation. Situational awareness is key to survival when all hell breaks loose.
Sympathies, Iowa.
Personally experienced a two week + mid summer power outage in Dearborn Heights, MI, without a generator to be had, after one of these fronts came through the metro area in the early '80's. Had to re-roof and re-gutter the house and garage. The garage got parallelogrammed and was never the same. An older, blue collar neighborhood with mature trees, in a moment's time turned into a shadeless cue ball. We lost all our trees. We were lucky to have city water and sewer, so the plumbing worked, natural gas for cooking was a boon, lighting the stove with matches, threw out all the perishables and ate out a whole lot. We continued going into Detroit to work every day, as if nothing had happened. It was candles and darkness, going to bed early, cold showers.
Living in the country now, we would never be without a generator to run the well, boiler and keep the freezers going. Lessons learned.
Yeah I live in Michigan I remember that Storm aswell
@@Whispering.Graves It may have been a three week power outage. It was epic. I was working down in the city, 16 miles from home. The wind drove the water along the ground and up the side of our three story, brick, industrial building and forced the water in around all the windows, doors and loading bays. We were located at the intersection of I-75 and East Grand Blvd. The freeway access roads and the Blvd flooded out in front of the shop. We stood in the second floor shop kitchen and watched car after car get drowned, people in suits and dresses sitting on the open window sills of their cars, trying to figure out how to get on their roofs. It hit right around lunch hour. The sky was the darkest green. When the front hit, I recall a guy from the shop dragged me away from the windows, which in afterthought, I appreciated very much.
Meanwhile, my wife was right downtown, working on the 19th floor of the McNamara Bldg, on Michigan Ave. She said the building moved, as if in an earthquake. Everyone on her floor ran to the lee side of the building, away from the windward windows.
We both finished our day's work before heading our separate ways home to find it and the entire neighborhood in shambles, unrecognizable. It took a long time to get there through all the detours, flooding and debris on the roads. We had to use surface roads through some rougher parts of the city, as I-94 always floods. Our neighbor across the street had a tree sticking through his roof, into a bedroom and one through the living room window. Our street was still flooded up over the curb and front lawns. It took a while to figure the best way to get to the house without drowning the cars. Dearborn Heights, right at the corner of the Southfield Fwy and I-94, was notorious for flooding in the 1980's. The good old days.
Forward of the junk pile and away from the gas tank.
Blowing just like a hurricane.
The storm clouds are eerie and beautiful.
Love your nice music！！。
I am in southeastern Wisconsin and we didn't have this bad of wind. Just a lot of rain came at once and flooded the streets and yards. Praying for the damage done everywhere in its path.
Southwest Wisconsin got hit hard by this storm a lot of trees down here. No electricity for 8 hours.
Most of the US doesn't even know this happened. I had to tell my mom in Grand Rapids, Michigan and my sister in Virginia. They had no idea.. Why wouldn't the media have shared this like they do with the hurricanes and forest fires, etc?
Maybe they don't want to scare the public?
Yeah I realized that might be the only good reason.
Because this happens all the time it's called straight line winds and microburst
I'm not soley referring to the RARE derecho, but also the devastating destruction of thousands of homes, businesses, farmland, etc. If I watch the news I want to know what is going on with the rest of the world and across the US. I'm seeing it pop up here and there more, but the fact that they didn't broadcast the aftermath right away makes it seem like the government had something to hide or just didn't give a shit about Iowa and the other states who had to endure this storm.
I didn’t know about it until today when I stumbled upon this video. I thought 🤔 why have we in New England not heard about this?
You should have gone to Cedar Rapids. The videos coming out are crazy
Irie mon. All de best to yous from Jamaica mon. We be sendin our prayers your way.
This ended up being a huge hit on Iowa
Darkwing [GD] , were there any fatalities?
@@georgiahorton1591 no
I watched this storm coming in my rearview mirror.. Was on Dubuque bridge heading East on 20.. I was like..
What the heck?! Made it home,ran in my house then..... BAM!!! Yeah...
Crazy day... God bless
I am a storm spotter, check out the bird crap on my windshield and the propane tank I pulled up to. LOL
Lol stoppppp
Music drowning out dialogue.....
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I live in Eastern Iowa and it tore through Cedar Rapids it’s bad
Cedar Rapids is in awful shape :(
Yes it is
Winds were upwards of 60-80 mph at its peak in the Midwest/Chicago area
No they weren’t. It was upwards of 100 mph
Storm chasing is a two part job. Intercept and document the storms, then document the damage and keep an eye for anyone in need of help.
that darn autofocus am I right??
Good hard working country folks...god bless you. From south central Nebraska.
Did you have any wind there Douglas? I was in Lincoln and it got pretty nasty more than a normal big thunderstorm but less than 100 mile an hour wind thank God. I'd say about 70 or 80.
@@sabrinafelber I had nothing in Kearney. I didnt know it happened till I turned on the news the next day.
Thats incredibly fast speed 75!
I'm in Clinton, Iowa. The wind damage here is phenomenal. There are trees uprooted, lines down, and lots of property damage. It looks like a tornado went through, because some of the damage around where I live looks like circular damage instead of straight line damage.
That twister that killed those boyscouts while they were camping is still tragic with the thought of it
Two interesting facts that Andrew didn't mention in the video, although I'm sure he's aware of them by now:
1) This derecho ended up being the most expensive thunderstorm in U.S. history (and actually more expensive than any one single tornado).
2) Estimated gusts in parts of Iowa topped 140 mph.
Good video mate. New sub from Australia ♡ Look forward to seeing more storms. So sad to see the devastation the families face though.
Also, if that was your wife calling over and over while you were in the storm, mate, you better answer that, she is probably having a heart attack 😅😅
Highest measured gust: 126 mph in Atkins, Iowa. (amateur weather station)
Highest estimated gust: 140 mph in SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (EF-3 level damage from straight line winds)
www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020
I'll never forget that deep teal color with the extreme motion above me and sirens blaring around. It barely got any national coverage. 98% of the county lost power, many for at least a week. Copper internet connections took about 2-4 weeks to come back. 50-65% of the tree canopy was lost, a very large portion being mature trees. I would say 95% of the corn in the path was flattened.
Those farmers. Broke my heart
😢
At least the East Coast has DAYS warning for this wind & rain.
Wow, incredible footage. Thank you for sharing.
Like a star flying it's a green streak
Exactly. I live in Louisiana. Guess what we have to look forward to if things don’t change. Yes 2 of them. Wish us luck. Prayers too
Right! New Orleans flooded. Biloxi was wiped by the waves because of no protection.
Kerri Jean so what was Biloxi suppose to do Kerri.? Build a wall
Laura and Delta did nothing to Louisiana, those were tropical storms at best. Little or no damage, just breezy winds and a lot of rain
Us Iowans were hit so hard with this derecho. Some still don't have power. We had no idea what we were in for.
I glad you are OK! Might a make a recommendation though? Ditch the music.
To be fair, I do have an 8 minute long video uploaded with no music. My VLOGs are the only videos that have music added to them. You can have it both ways on my channel :)
Oh thank you so much!
@@AndrewPritchard Oh thank you so much! I'm so glad you have another video with no music.
I hope his insurance company didn't see this!..lol ⛈💨🚘🌪
Believe it or not, in 20 years of doing this I have never taken damage from a storm to my vehicle!
Wow, yup Florida here. It is like a Hurricane. Would never be out in that.
With my luck i had to be at work that day in oswego right when the storm was coming thru (im from yorkville) and the beautiful sights i got of this storm on my way to work was just jaw dropping with a specific very obvious rotation over yorkville, i just barely made it to work before dime to at times quarter sized hail was falling. got absolutely soaked and pelted running like 50 ft from my car.
Crazy experience
I could go to sleep with the wind sounds.
So much for irrigating crops...9:58 and our flag was still there🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hurricane eye wall like conditions
I had to chuckle when you said "Oh my, get off the roof". I live in Marion, IA and we "enjoyed" 130mph gusts just north of my home. One of my neighbors was getting a new roof that day and I was screaming at the crew to get down as the initial wind gusts hit. I felt terrible for him because his home got a lot of water damage because of this. Somehow we escaped major damage other than our daughters old playground getting ripped out of the yard and thrown across the neighbors yards.
I will never forget that storm. Tried filming it at a Cook County Forest Preserve. The wind knocked down my cameras, blew my French Fries all over the field and sogged up my McDonalds Quarter Pounder with cheese. But I got other storm videos under my belt. Subscribed.
I'm from North Carolina and didn't even hear of this, what exactly is a Derecho?
Derechos are very long and very intense straight line windstorms. They often last 8-12 hours. They often produce winds from 60 to 80 miles per hour. This one, according to some, produced 100+ mile per hour winds in eastern portions of Iowa and Nebraska.
I also live in North Carolina. We have yet to get a storm this bad. Maybe this year we'll get one. Anything is possible with an year as bad as 2020.
im from TN we dont have or have never had one them. noor have i heard of it till this video. and i thought i was up to date on things guess i was wrong.
The sheer compassion in your voice. That is the most comforting.
Nice job with the video Andy - thanks for doing this. Felt like I was watching a hurricane video for a bit. I was amazed at how long the winds lasted here in Aurora (a bit further north). We had one spotter who was about a mile south of the Maple Park tornado (EF0 spin up) and he couldn't see it with all the rain. Kane Co ARES relayed a lot of damage reports to LOT that were snapped trees, some pretty large (18", 20" diameter). One report of a traffic signal spun on a post the wrong direction. I remember the radar views and damage done by the 2012 and 2014 derechos up here. Learned to respect these storms. Again, many thanks!! (wx9vor)
I usually try to investigate any kinky notches I come upon in my travels across the dusty plains as well....lol.
Yeah the cornfields here in Iowa are flat
I'm In Waterloo Iowa And We Didn't Get It Even 1/100th As Bad As Cedar Rapids And Iowa City. But I Heard We Got Like 75mph Winds.
I Slept Thru It, So I Didn't Hear Anything.
It looks like the Jolly Green Giant's toddler had a tantrum and just went thru indiscriminately busting up stuff.
This is similar to hurricane weather. Come to Florida for some excitement with bad rain storms, lightning, tornados and the best - hurricanes. Not exactly the sunshine state paradise as people think. At least we don’t get snow blizzards.
Florida is famous for its hurricanes. Iowa isn't.
Andrew do you live in Illinois as well I do to :-) we went through this in Shorewood had a lot of damage done trees broken down lot of branches damage.
Andrew, what a fine fellow you are, and I enjoyed your video. My heart goes out to all folks affected by the Derecho. What are your thoughts about the Geoengineering program that has been going on for some time please?
This was about 3 hours after it passed through Linn County, Iowa. I wonder what the wind speeds were in Illinois? I figure as it spread out & moved further east it probably lost some intensity. I was watching on radar before ducking into my basement and noticed pockets where rotation was occuring, there were probably lots of EF1 tornadoes hidden within the mostly straightline winds. We lost an oak tree which was pobably older than our town and it smashed 2 cars and a truck next door. The gas station next door had it's sheet metal roof ripped off by the wind. Massive foliage damage in my area....it'll take years before we have shade again. The birds & squirrels are now fighting over the trees that remain.
This was the first storm I've experienced where I could hear the wind before it arrived.
Too scary to watch - unimageable.
It was terrifying. An EF 1 tornado passed my house by half a mile. The thing sounded scary and I ran inside and heard what sounded like a war going on. I was scared what damage I was about to see after. Thankfully my house was saved, but it destroyed roofs and trees in my neighborhood. I was without power for 3 days. It was the most intense storm I ever witnessed. As it approached it looked sinister and black
Just like a hurricane, only without the storm surge.
And the fact that hurricanes last a lot longer
With a lot more of a warning beforehand
The background music. Thank you for adding it.
good job friend
How would you spot ef-1 tornado damage in a storm that had stronger winds than an ef-1 tornado! LOL
@Ozone the point dumbass is there were exactly zero tornados in all of Iowa that day!!!
Have you heard of looking for hook echos and also a thing called Rainwrapped tornadoes?
@@josephWX-o1d I've been storm chasing for two decades I'll put my knowledge up against yours any day of the week! Furthermore like I said there were literally zero tornadoes in Iowa on that day!
Afterwards it should be easy enough to tell tornado damage from straight line winds.
@@marycallanwieth2152 They're not mutually exclusive. When there's a possibiity of both, unravelling the evidence can be a challenge.
The storm was weakened compared to what we experienced in Marshalltown/central Iowa! It turned green like I've never seen before! It almost was so green that it looked fake! Just had a Tornado in 2018 in Marshalltown, and they were still doing repairs. This wasn't as intense as the tornado but it covered a bigger area, to say the least! I assume that because of its size, it left more damage than the twister did. Mostly trees and trampolines, sheds, and I did see a couple garages that went down! I had my garage door locked and it tried to suck the whole door & frame right out of there rough opening. I did twist my whole garage though. But the tornado destroyed and damaged a lot of structures along it's path.
marshalltownian here as well...we keep this shit up mtown won't have any large trees left...