Tuesday Storm Classified As Iowa’s 3rd Derecho In 3 Years

(Des Moines, IA) — The powerful storms that thundered across Iowa Tuesday have been classified as another derecho the third such storm in three years. Meteorologist Roger Vachalek at the National Weather Service, says a derecho is a long-running, straight-line windstorm associated with fast-moving severe thunderstorms. Iowa experienced very damaging Derechos in August of 2020 and in December of 2021. Tuesday’s severe storms dropped inch-diameter hail in Worth County and up to four inches of rain in some areas, which prompted flash flooding, along with very strong winds.