June 29, 2012 Derecho

Shelf cloud rolling into La Porte Indiana


Derecho Tour


Storm Reports

June 29, 2012 Derecho



Additional Resources

If you're interested in learning more about this event or derechoes in general, check out the resources listed below.

 Baltimore-Washington NWS Office  - Overview of the June 29, 2012 derecho in the Maryland-Virginia area  Charleston, West Virginia NWS Office  - Overview of the June 29, 2012 derecho in southeast Ohio and West Virginia  Jackson, Kentucky NWS Office  - Overview of the June 29, 2012 derecho in eastern Kentucky  Northern Indiana NWS Office  - Overview of the June 29, 2012 derecho in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio

 Cleveland, Ohio NWS Office  - A look back at the June 29, 2012 derecho in northwest and north central Ohio 10 years later  Wilmington, Ohio NWS Office  - Overview of the June 29, 2012 derecho over central / southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky  Mount Holly, New Jersey NWS Office  - Overview of the June 29, 2012 derecho in northeast Maryland, southeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware  Storm Prediction Center  - June 29, 2012 Severe Weather Event Archive

National Weather Service  Storm Data , 2012-06

 Fujita, 1979  T.T. Fujita Objective, operation, and results of Project NIMROD 11th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Kansas City, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc (1979), pp. 259-26


Acknowledgements and Credits

This storymap about the June 30, 2012, Great Lakes to mid-Atlantic Derecho was a collaborative effort focusing on the track and aftermath of this historic severe weather event. This collaborative effort included 9 National Weather Service offices, Northern Indiana, Cleveland, OH, Wilmington, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, Charleston, WV, Blacksburg, VA, Wakefield, VA, Mount Holly, NJ, Baltimore/Washington DC, and additionally the Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service Eastern Region and National Weather Service Headquarters.

Story Design/Writing/Assembly

Todd Holsten, NWS Northern Indiana Evan Bentley, Storm Prediction Center

Derecho Meteorology/Climatology

Evan Bentley, Storm Prediction Center

Derecho Map Tour

Todd Holsten/Nathan Marsili/Gabe Wawrin/Sarah Johnson/Richard Garuckas - National Weather Service

Satellite Imagery

Scott Bachmeier, CIMMS/SSEC, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Radar Imagery

National Weather Service, Michael Gibson, Gibson Ridge Software - GR2Analyst

Photography/Video

Public contributions to the National Weather Service, NWS storm surveys, YouTube user jdw2427, Northern Virginia Digital History Archive