List of derecho events
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The following is a list of notable derecho events.
North America
Europe
Event | Date | Notes |
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July 1995 Switzerland - Germany Derecho | 22 July 1995 | [citation needed] |
July 2002 Finland derecho | 5 July 2002 | [11] known as storm "Unto" in Finnish.[12] |
July 2002 Germany derecho | 10 July 2002 | [13] (Crossair Flight 850) |
2003 Mediterranean derecho | 17 August 2003 | Struck Catalonia, Spain and Languedoc to Roussillon, France with up to F2 damage[14] |
2007 winter derecho | 18 January 2007 | Significant derecho across northern and central Europe embedded within Kyrill windstorm caused many fatalities[15] |
March 2008 Central Europe derecho | 1 March 2008 | Significant derecho embedded within Emma windstorm caused more than dozen fatalities[15] |
Middle Europa (Czech) Derecho | 25–26 June 2008 | [16][17] |
July 2009 Middle Europe Derecho | 23–24 July 2009 | [citation needed] |
2010 Heat Wave derecho series | 7–14 July 2010 | Multiple significant derechos (with tornado(s)) across Belgium, the Netherlands[18] |
July 2010 Finland derecho | 29–30 July 2010 | Known as "Asta" in Finland, felled roughly 1 million cubic metres of trees. Rare European nocturnal derecho.[19] |
August 2010 Baltic - Finland derecho | 8 August 2010 | Severe wind gusts more than 36 m/s measured in Estonia.[19][20] This was determined to be a derecho event.[21] |
July 2011 Bulgaria derecho | 20 July 2011 | First derecho in Bulgaria to be studied.[22] |
South America
Event | Date | Notes |
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Amazon Blowdown | 16–18 January 2005 | Massive derecho felled ~540 million trees within Amazonia, Brazil[23] |
Buenos Aires windstorm | 4 April 2012 | Windstorm and tornadoes caused 25 fatalities near Buenos Aires, Argentina[24] |
See also
References
- ^ "Pictures and Videos of Derechos". Facts about Derechos which are very damaging windstorms. NOAA. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Bentley, Mace; Cooper, Stonie (Sep 1997). "The 8 and 9 July 1993 Nebraska Derecho: An Observational Study and Comparison to the Climatology of Related Mesoscale Convective Systems". Weather Forecast. 12 (3): 678–688. Bibcode:1997WtFor..12..678B. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0678:TAJNDA>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ The Derecho of 4-5 July 1999 in Southern Quebec
- ^ Mesoscale Convective Systems: A Review
- ^ "Severe Derecho, wind gusts 80-120 mph expected". Newsgroup: US Weather Forums Eastern US Weather Forums. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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- ^ DVN July 2008 Derecho (Report). NOAA. August 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
- ^ Rare 'derecho' leaves swath of damage across Iowa (Report). Quad City Times. July 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
- ^ "July 11, 2011 East Central Iowa Derecho". National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ^ Samenow, Jason (June 29, 2012). "Derecho: Behind Washington, D.C.'s destructive thunderstorm outbreak". Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ^ Punkka, Ari-Juhani; Teittinen, Jenni (Oct 2006). "Synoptic and Mesoscale Analysis of a High-Latitude Derecho–Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak in Finland on 5 July 2002". Weather Forecast. 21 (5): 752–763. Bibcode:2006WtFor..21..752P. doi:10.1175/WAF953.1.
- ^ Helminen, Jaako. "Finnish Local View on the Factors Accounting for the Costs of Weather-Related Disasters (specifically, Floods and Storms) in Recent Decades and Implications of Understanding these for both Research and Policy" (PDF). Finnish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ Gatzen, Christoph (Jun 2004). "A Derecho in Europe: Berlin, 10 July 2002". Weather Forecast. 19 (3): 2004. Bibcode:2004WtFor..19..639G. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0639:ADIEBJ>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ López, J. Manuel (Feb 2007). "A Mediterranean derecho: Catalonia (Spain), 17th August 2003". Atmos. Res. 83 (2–4): 272–83. Bibcode:2007AtmRe..83..272L. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.08.008.
- ^ a b Gatzen, Christoph; Tomas Púčik; David Ryva (Jun 2011). "Two cold-season derechoes in Europe". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 740–8. Bibcode:2011AtmRe.100..740G. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.015.
- ^ Púčik, Tomáš; M. Francová; D. Rýva; M. Kolář; L. Ronge (Jun 2011). "Forecasting challenges during the severe weather outbreak in Central Europe on 25 June 2008". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 680–704. Bibcode:2011AtmRe.100..680P. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.014.
- ^ Simon, André; J. Kaňák; A. Sokol; M. Putsay; L. Uhrínová; K. Csirmaz; Ľ. Okon; R. Habrovský (Jun 2011). "Case study of a severe windstorm over Slovakia and Hungary on 25 June 2008". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 705–39. Bibcode:2011AtmRe.100..705S. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.012.
- ^ Hamid, Karim (Apr 2012). "Investigation of the passage of a derecho in Belgium". Atmos. Res. 107: 86–105. Bibcode:2012AtmRe.107...86H. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.12.013.
- ^ a b "Extreme weather events in July 2010 in Finland" (PDF). Finnish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Võimas äikesetorm" (in Estonian). EMHI. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Toll, Velle; A. Männik; A. Luhamaa; R. Rõõm (2015). "Hindcast experiments of the derecho in Estonia on 08 August, 2010: Modelling derecho with NWP model HARMONIE". Atmos. Res. 158–9: 179–91. Bibcode:2015AtmRe.158..179T. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.10.011.
- ^ Gospodinov, Ilian; T. Dimitrova; L. Bocheva; P. Simeonov; R. Dimitrov (2015). "Derecho-like event in Bulgaria on 20 July 2011". Atmos. Res. 158–9: 254–73. Bibcode:2015AtmRe.158..254G. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.009.
- ^ Negrón-Juárez, Robinson I.; J.Q. Chambers; G. Guimaraes; H. Zeng; C.F.M. Raupp; D.M. Marra; G.H.P.M. Ribeiro; S.S. Saatchi; B.W. Nelson; N. Higuchi (19 August 2010). "Widespread Amazon forest tree mortality from a single cross-basin squall line event". Geophys. Res. Lett. 37 (L16701). Bibcode:2010GeoRL..3716701N. doi:10.1029/2010GL043733.
- ^ "Continúan las tareas de limpieza tras el temporal y miles de usuarios siguen sin luz". Clarin.com (in Spanish). 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-07-02.)
External links
- Derechoes in Europe
- [1] NWS: Derecho photos from June 16, 2009 outbreak
- [2] NWS: More about the June 16th 2009 Derecho
- [3] NOAA: "About Derechos" web page (with illustrations) by the NOAA-NWS-NCEP Storm Prediction Center