invadertim
In my experence, its always my fault.
Wanna see some scary looking WX, look at Chicago.
Derecho with 100 mph winds moving across the Midwest
Derecho with 100 mph winds moving across the Midwest
My my my Derecho....
- Thread starter invadertim
- Start date
It was a nonstop light show in MSP last night from about 9pm until 4am. Several reports of 2 inch hail,not much of a wind maker though. The stuff rolling through Chicago is from the same system we had. Tops here were pushing 60k
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Shiftace
s***posting with decency. trolling with integrity.
Saw some posted on Twitter. Parts of IA got hit hard. Grain bins were flattened.
Stay safe folks!
Screaming_Emu
Well-Known Member
Jeebus. I remember being in the IAD terminal for one a bunch of years back. It was insane.
Multi hour delay because the plane we were waiting for was in CVG. Finally got in after the storm passed. Finally about ready to leave for CHS, I’m gonna guess it was about 3am. Flight attendant requests we delay until sodas arrive. We did not.
Saw the sun come up on the way to the hotel.
Multi hour delay because the plane we were waiting for was in CVG. Finally got in after the storm passed. Finally about ready to leave for CHS, I’m gonna guess it was about 3am. Flight attendant requests we delay until sodas arrive. We did not.
Saw the sun come up on the way to the hotel.
NovemberEcho
Dergs favorite member
ZAU, C90 and all the towers are ATC-0 cause of this.
ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
yeah it was nasty. System itself was moving approx: 70mph. My town saw 60mph winds and a 40 minute tornado warning. Sky was the nice Midwest pre-tornado eerie green.
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Wow. I've been really spoiled in Asia... Weather in the US is definitely some of if not the worst weather in the world. I don't miss it! Except for watching it on the ground with a drink in hand... I do miss that.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Builds character. Flying checks in radarless 210s in the Midwest was certainly a good way to learn about when to say "no, thanks". Occasionally the extremely hard and unpleasant way. Lost some good, serviceable underwear that way.
That said, it certainly seems to get worse every year. Looking forward to the future hellscape when flying from St. Louis to Tulsa in August is something only a movie hero with a world to save would undertake.
That said, it certainly seems to get worse every year. Looking forward to the future hellscape when flying from St. Louis to Tulsa in August is something only a movie hero with a world to save would undertake.
Nice! I spent a lot of years in Woodridge!
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
We had a Derecho give Northern VA a good thwacking back in 2012 or 13... I'm guessing that's the one @Screaming_Emu is talking about.
It took out power for pretty much all of Arlington and Fairfax counties. We were going to a concert that night, and there was no power. The bar was buying as much ice as it could and selling beer for cash because credit card machines were down. The band (Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers) did a show in the parking lot semi-acoustic, using the generator from their bus to power a basic PA.
One of the best shows I've ever seen.
It took out power for pretty much all of Arlington and Fairfax counties. We were going to a concert that night, and there was no power. The bar was buying as much ice as it could and selling beer for cash because credit card machines were down. The band (Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers) did a show in the parking lot semi-acoustic, using the generator from their bus to power a basic PA.
One of the best shows I've ever seen.
jrh
Well-Known Member
This is my parents' house in Cedar Rapids. They said 50,000 people without electricity and trees down all over the city. Took my dad an hour to drive a couple miles to the nearest hardware store since so many roads were blocked with debris.
v1valarob
Well-Known Member
Yup. 2012. I was scheduled to do one of the last flights I would have at Colgan. I believe I was supposed to go to SHD and then BKW. Showed up to work that evening. The derecho rolled through. The Saab I was supposed to take jumped a chock and the nose went into a light pole. I had never heard of a "derecho" before.
The flight was canceled. As I was leaving the terminal I saw the wings of a parked South African A340 moving like I've never seen before on a parked plane. The main terminal was running on back up power. On the drive home I witnessed one of those power boxes on a power line explode. It was pretty insane.
milleR
Well-Known Member
June 29th. It was my second to last day at Colgan. We dropped in right under the roll cloud on short final and then spent the next 2 hours waiting for the ramp to re-open. The captain made the best landing that night I've ever seen. Never heard of a derecho either before this thread.
We got a pretty good look at it on a fly-by. (Superimpose your radar image on our flight track below...)
We stayed up high (FL450) as long as possible, then ended up having to do a vectored 360 to lose altitude (didn’t need the 360 for altitude loss except that we had to be below military airspace before continuing north - either circle down, penetrate the storm, or hit the MOA). Got to stare at the beast again as our circle took us through a west heading.
Our destination was north of the brunt of the storm - just some rain and lightning visible to the south.
(The flight track is a snap shot of the weather much earlier in our trip up from Texas. The curved route we took kept us safely off the front edge of the storm.)
bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
Nasty stuff, I recall a dispatcher at the former airline telling me there was a 'one mile hole' right now if we could depart immediately. The sky was green, bearing down hard and very derecho-like. Hard pass.
Also, had a derecho pass over the Continental Divide then Denver area just recently, super rare and apparently the first recorded.
www.9news.com
Also, had a derecho pass over the Continental Divide then Denver area just recently, super rare and apparently the first recorded.
That weird storm that hit Colorado on Saturday is called a 'derecho,' and they're super rare
The Front Range of Colorado has never been hit with a derecho before Saturday.
www.9news.com
MarkE
Greetings, Professor Falken
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Well, if you'd build your houses out of concrete, like any rational, modern human, you'd be better off.
The reason everything looks like it got blown to flinders in the mid-west after every thunderstorm is because everything they build there would fall down if you pissed against the side of it.
The reason everything looks like it got blown to flinders in the mid-west after every thunderstorm is because everything they build there would fall down if you pissed against the side of it.
ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
we should talk, also in Naperville!