Midwest Derecho - Eastern Iowa
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Published 2024-07-15
00:10 - Severe T-Storm watch just issued
01:00 - storms start to build to the west of Cedar Rapids
02:40 - Storm front & intense lightning start to move in, (tornado warnings are issued for the area)
04:50 - “Into the storm”
06:50 - winds kick into high gear
08:40 - damaging winds start to move in
13:28 - close lightning strikes
14:05 - Power transformer blows out
15:22 - Things start winding down
19:10 - Storm damage in Cedar Rapids
All Comments (17)
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This video is simply impressive. You got EVERY possible angle and aspect of this derecho covered. You got camera footage before the storm’s approach, footage showing the shelf cloud and green sky approaching, driving into the derecho, video of what it looked like from a fixed standpoint during the storm, and said footage even included the activation of the tornado sirens. I was able to catch some video and pictures of the shelf cloud and green sky near Atkinson, Illinois, and driving into it on I-80. I don’t know if it was the 1080p video quality, but my footage does not show the intensity of the precipitation and winds like yours does.
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That lovely siren ambience with the rain. What great shots and edits! Thank you for sharing, there really is something about the experience of these things. Very glad it didn’t begin CI further west of Des Moines.
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Quality Work!! Keep it up......
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Nice video.👍 😊
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It looks like every thunderstorm is going to be called a derecho from now on !!
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Im in Northern Indiana, we got hit pretty good, we just got power back this morning
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So soon after August 10, 2020?! NOT AGAIN!! I'd thought that most of the big handsome "legacy" trees were mostly taken out, 4 years ago, but there somehow remains a respectable number of these lovely trees, even in spite of this latest "blow".
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Thank you everyone!!
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very nice thanks for sharing!
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very weak for my area. i was in the moderate risk and most i got was 40 mph gust. real strong derecho there
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Cedar rapids had flashbacks from august 2020
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Nice
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it lasted longer then the last one we had
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Not exactly Aug.10,2020 but still....
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Yeah nah... dude you need to "SLOW YOUR ROLL" on the express way in that kind of weather.. better to get their a few minutes late than... "DEAD ON ARRIVAL"!!.❤️🙏🇺🇲
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Not a thing about tornadoes in your list because they were "radar detected." So what? Anyone can program a robot to say anything. WHERE WERE THE EDUCATED, PROFESSIONAL, CERTIFIED, OLD SCHOOL STORM SPOTTERS? Anyway, good video. Tree damage is nasty.
