Giant 240-mile line of thunderstorms: 1-5 Americans told to prepare for devastating derecho

New post on The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond Mid-West braces for giant 240-mile line of thunderstorms: 1-5 Americans told to prepare for devastating derecho by The Extinction Protocol June 13, 2013 – CHICAGO - A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms could affect one in five Americans as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds. Meteorologists are warning that the continuous line of storms may even spawn an unusual weather event called a derecho, which is a massive storm of strong straight-line winds spanning at least 240 miles. Wednesday's storms are also likely to generate tornadoes and cause power outages that will be followed by oppressive heat, said Bill Bunting, operations chief at the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The risk of severe weather in Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, is roughly 45 times higher than on a normal June day, Bunting said. Detroit, Baltimore, Washington, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Louisville, Kentucky, have a risk level 15 times more than normal. All told, the area the weather service considers to be under heightened risk of dangerous weather includes 64 million people in 10 states. 'It's a pretty high threat,' Bunting said, who also warned that the storms will produce large hail and dangerous lightning. 'We don't want to scare people, but we want them to be aware.' Wednesday 'might be the worst severe weather outbreak for this part of the country for the year,' said Jeff Masters, meteorology director at Weather Underground. He said it is possible to have tornadoes and a derecho at the same time, but at any given place on Wednesday the straight-line winds are probably more likely. Last year, a derecho caused at least $1 billion in damage from Chicago to Washington, killing 13 people and leaving more than four million people without power, according to the weather service. Winds reached nearly 100mph in some places and in addition to the 13 people who died from downed trees, another 34 people died from the heat wave that followed in areas without power. Derechoes, with winds of at least 58mph, occur about once a year in the Midwest. Rarer than tornadoes but with weaker winds, derechoes produce damage over a much wider area. –Daily Mail contribution Irene The Extinction Protocol | June 13, 2013 at 5:19 am | Categories: Civilizations unraveling, Climate unraveling, Cloudburst storms with flashflooding, Deluge from torrential rains, Derecho storm, Earth Changes, Earth Watch, Erratic Jet Stream, Extreme Weather Event, Flooding, Gale-force winds and gusts, High-risk potential hazard zone, Lightning storm, Record rainfall, Time - Event Acceleration, Tornado Outbreak | URL: http://wp.me/p1eYXc-8FC Comment    See all comments    Like Shop Dee's Amazon Site  http://www.amazon.com/?&tag=heavenlyhan0a-20&linkCode=bsw& -  Support your friends!  http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/mid-west-braces-for-giant-240-mile-line-of-thunderstorms-1-5-americans-told-to-prepare-for-devastating-derecho/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

"Derecho" Slams 700 Miles of the US, 13 Deaths

Intense Storms Called a "Derecho" Slam 700 Miles of the US:

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

Jul 2, 2012; 6:10 PM ET

A "super derecho" of violent thunderstorms left a more than 700-mile trail of destruction across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic on Friday, cutting power to millions and killing thirteen people.

A tree toppled by severe storms sits atop a car in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood on Saturday, June 30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)

More than 600 damaging wind reports were received by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) as the derecho took roughly 12 hours to race from northern Indiana to the southern mid-Atlantic coast.

A derecho is defined as a widespread and long-lived wind storm that accompanies rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. The most severe derechos are given the adjective "super."

Winds gusted to 91 mph (equal to that of a category 1 hurricane) at the Fort Wayne International Airport, Ind., Friday afternoon.

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As the derecho maintained its violent nature, an 81 mph gust was then measured at Tuckerton, on the southern New Jersey coast, early Saturday morning.

Downed trees dominated the damaging wind reports and led to the deaths of 13 people, according to Fox News.

Source: Accuweather

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One of the multiple trees that crashed into homes in Springfield, Va., killed a 90-year-old woman as she was sleeping in her bed, according to the Associated Press.

A few hours earlier, a falling tree outside of North Middletown, Ky., (located east-northeast of Lexington) killed a man who was attempting to clear some tree limbs off a road.

Two boys died by a pine tree fell onto a tent at Parvin State Park, N.J.

Damage on Friday was not confined to downed trees. Power poles were also snapped, while some structures sustained damage. At least four semi-trucks were blown over by the winds on I-75 between Findlay and Bluffton, Ohio.

States of emergencies have been declared in Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. With 2.5 million in the dark, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell stated that his state experienced its largest non-hurricane power outage in history.(NASA knows somthing . 2012 Survival Guide)

A trampoline hangs over a power line following Friday's derecho. Photo by Twitter user Tina C. Check out more shocking images of the derecho's damage in this story.

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Friday's super derecho was triggered by a ripple in the jet stream and fueled by the intense heat that caused Washington, D.C., to set a June record high and Columbia, S.C., to break its all-time record on Friday.

Derechos typically strike the lower Midwest states once every year, according to the SPC. The occurrence of derechos, however, are quite rare across the mid-Atlantic, south of Philadelphia. On average, this region endures a derecho once every four years.

One of the most recent significant derechos to slam the United States occurred on May 8, 2009. This weather phenomena traveled more than a thousand miles in 24 hours from southeastern Kansas to the southern spine of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Destruction from the May 2009 derecho totaled millions of dollars with numerous injuries and several deaths reported.

One main difference between the May 2009 derecho and Friday's is the number of tornadoes spawned. Forty-five tornadoes were sighted in May 2009, while there was only one unconfirmed report of a tornado on the ground in Newcomerstown, Ohio, Friday afternoon.

Winds in the strongest derechos can top 100 mph. The derecho that tore through Wisconsin and Lower Michigan on May 31, 1998, produced a 128 mph wind gust in eastern Wisconsin.

Source: Accuweather

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