I-94 derecho
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates The I-94 derecho was a progressive derecho that moved through the Upper Mississippi Valley on July 19, 1983. It is so called because the derecho moved through Minnesota and Wisconsin with I-94 as its axis.
The derecho formed as an area of disturbed weather in eastern Montana moved eastward. It moved into northwestern North Dakota at around 7Template:Nbspa.m. CDT forming a small bow echo. Williston and Minot reported winds up to Template:Convert.<ref name="NWS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Further development formed two and three bow echo segments as the storm moved into Minnesota. Winds of Template:Convert were recorded at the Alexandria airport. The winds damaged and destroyed hangars. It continued southeast and arrived at Minneapolis, Minnesota at around 4Template:Nbspp.m. CDT and left 250,000 people without power.<ref name="NWS" />
Trees were blown over and buildings damaged as the derecho raced through Wisconsin. A meteorologist working at the University of Wisconsin–Madison saw the derecho approach from the southeastern shore of Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin. On the university's campus, the windows were blown out of the second and third stories of the library. Tiles from the roof were blown off and landed several blocks to the southeast. The strong winds resulted in Template:Convert waves on Lake Mendota.<ref name="NWS" />
The derecho started moving into northern Illinois at around 9Template:Nbspp.m. CDT. National Weather Service meteorologist Richard Koeneman recorded observations in his weather diary, noting that the evening was "warm and humid",<ref name="NWS" /> but that the temperature dropped Template:Convert in 20 minutes (Template:Convert from 9:30 to 9:50 as the derecho passed. He also wrote that the wind had gusted to around Template:Convert.Template:Citation needed
The derecho winds were still strong as it moved into the northwestern side of Chicago. A wind gust of Template:Convert was recorded at O'Hare International Airport. The derecho finally died out over northwestern Indiana at around midnight on July 20.
The storm was responsible for 34 injuries, including 12 from mobile homes being overturned and 8 from falling trees.<ref name="NWS" />
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