First-ever December serial derecho spawned 45 tornadoes across great plains, midwest: NWS
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A serial derecho is an inland hurricane with no eye and straight-line winds creating widespread damage of more than 240 miles and wind gusts of at least 58 mph.
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S. last week has been classified by the National Weather Service as a serial derecho — the first on record December.
A serial derecho is an inland hurricane with no eye and straight-line winds creating widespread damage of more than 240 miles and wind gusts of at least 58 mph.
Multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains and upper Midwest on Dec. 15 were the result of a rare event called a derecho, according
O'FALLON, Mo. — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S. last week was the result of a serial derecho — the first on record
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