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Title: St. Louis - Upper Mississippi River Derecho Event View count: 150 Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings) Description: A severe weather outbreak occurred across portions of the middle and upper Mississippi River valley on July 19. This storm system was originally tracking across southern Minnesota on the morning of July 19. As the morning progressed, it curved southeast into eastern Iowa, then moved across central and western Illinois during the mid to late afternoon. By early evening, it began to affect the St. Louis area, where it did extensive damage and left a half million people without power. Click here for a listing of severe weather reports across the nation, courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center. A more localized listing for central Illinois is available at the bottom of this event page. Across central Illinois, most of the reports were concentrated in an area west of a Bloomington to Taylorville line, westward to Galesburg and Winchester. These reports were largely in the form of wind damage or wind gusts of 60 mph or higher. Some hail of nickel or quarter size occurred in a few locations, with Havana receiving hail up the size of walnuts. Funnel clouds were also reported a couple areas. Tags: 2006, derecho, july, louis, saint, st, Author: Legend813a |
