Any Storm Damage News from the Midwest Derecho?

wesp · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:41 pm

Any Storm Damage News from the Midwest Derecho?

-Boone & Scenic Valley
-Mt Pleasant
-Iowa Traction RR
-IRM
-Fox River?

Thanks!

Wesley

buzz_morris · **Joined:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:32 pm **Posts:** 344

The IRM fared pretty well, not much more than a lot of small branches down. We did miss a bullet, as an EF-1 tornado spawned by the Derecho was headed for Union when it dissipated. We were closed that day. One home damaged some sheds over and many trees downed by that tornado. The very broad nature of this thing with some embedded 100+ MPH winds did a job across several States, especially Iowa.

https://www.weather.gov/images/lot/past ... arengo.png

locopilot750 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:15 am **Posts:** 44

I did hear on the news this morning, Iowa lost 1/3 of their corn crop, over 3,000,000 acres destroyed, and "every square inch" of Cedar Rapids sustained damage of some sort.