Was the storm in Illinois a derecho or an inland hurricane?
Does anyone officially know what the storm in Illinois (southern Illinois mostly) was classified?
In my area, just finding drinking water or gasoline was a serious issue. Most of us finally have power today. Many of us lost our stock and emergency supplies too in the clocked 108 mph winds. A huge oak tree from across the street uprooted and landed on top of our home, so we are staying at a motel in another county. The first night we camped out in our back yard with what we could find. I don’t know how many deters we made to find a road or highway that was clear after that first day.
I would like to know if anyone has an official name for this storm. On the radio, NOAA is saying it was a very rare occurance, but he seemed ambiguous on whether it was a straight line of tornadoes or an inland hurricane. He stated that it was as severe as a hurricane, but it also behaved as if it were tornadoes.
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A derecho would be a more reasonable answer. You probably experienced a large tornado. Well there is no such thing as an inland hurricane in Illinois. A hurricane occurs in portions of the oceans that are in contact with the eastern and western United States and has a large eye with an organized rotation.
I just answered another question about weird weather. I was in this inland hurricane and I think the weather forecasters say it was a 3.5 hurricane WITH tornadoes and straightline winds over 100 miles per hour.
I’m sorry for your plight. My brother’s home has 2 trees on it, and they have not figured out where the trees are from yet. We still have power lines laying on the ground in some parts of town. We are all ok here, but it has been a bad one. We probably have over $15000 in damage and loss. There are flood warnings out right now on the emergency alerts.
It’s classified as a derecho even though it did develop to appear to look like a hurricane. But it was still a derecho. Derechoes are very common in the mid-west region.
I live hear in Illinois. And it’s a Tornado. It way worse that those other things. I’m listing to NOAA too, lol.
Not a derecho, a Tornado.