The full tornado details and official EF classification will be released by the National Weather Service of Des Moines on ...

Storms have to meet specific criteria to be considered a derecho. See the details from this week's storms across Des Moines and Iowa.

Storms have to meet specific criteria to be considered a derecho. See the details from this week's storms across Des Moines and Iowa.

While Tuesday's storm was not a derecho, Iowa did experience one in July. Iowa last saw a derecho on July 15, and that storm produced an EF1 tornado that hit the northwest side of the metro.

You can see the tornado's path map below. Were Iowa's Monday, July 15 storms part of a derecho? Yes, the storms Iowa saw on Monday were part of a derecho, spanning from central Iowa into northern ...

The derecho that hit Iowa in August of 2020 had winds that peaked in the Cedar Rapids area around 140 miles an hour. The storm destroyed more than seven-million Iowa trees and caused some $11 ...

A line of fast-moving thunderstorms developed on Dec. 15, 2021 in north central Kansas, and started moving to the northeast at 70 mph. These storms caused damage all across Nebraska and Iowa.

Home / Derecho Anniversary Iowa working on improving its storm response systems Actions come after weaknesses identified in 2020 derecho response Erin Murphy Aug. 23, 2022 5:20 pm ...

Weather officials confirmed a derecho struck Iowa on Tuesday — the fourth one in the state in less than two years. The straight-line windstorm — along with hail reported in some areas — cut ...

Weather officials confirmed a derecho struck Iowa Tuesday, following on the heels of August 2020, December 2021 and May 2022 storms.