Storm was a 'derecho,' meteorologist says
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By Times staff | Monday, July 21, 2008 10:15 AM CDT |
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The system created a 60-mile-wide path of destruction, starting out in Omaha and pushing through to Chicago, said Linda Engebretson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “It’s something we call a ‘derecho,’ which is a Spanish word for straight ahead,” she said.
The most severe damage appears to be on the Illinois side of the river, she said. Muscatine, Iowa, also had significant damage.
“You can see very tornado-like damage. But because of the damage pattern, it’s straight-line winds. It’s a very extreme system that causes a lot of damage,” she said.
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