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derecho: a standalone construct

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derecho1 CONSTRUCTDerechoJOHNS & HIRT

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Meteorology

A long-lived straight-line windstorm

A derecho is a widespread, long-lived windstorm produced by a fast-moving family of thunderstorms, generating a swath of damaging straight-line winds over hundreds of kilometres rather than the rotary damage of a tornado. Johns and Hirt's 1987 Derechos: Widespread convectively induced windstorms defined the phenomenon with criteria for the extent and intensity of the wind damage. The referent is a convectively driven, progressive straight-line windstorm, distinguished by the length and continuity of its damage path.[1]

Unit
A convective straight-line windstorm over a long damage swath
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Identified from the spatial continuity and length of the damaging-wind swath meeting defined extent and gust criteria

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References

  1. Johns, R. H., & Hirt, W. D. (1987). Derechos: Widespread convectively induced windstorms. Weather and Forecasting, 2(1), 32–49. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0434(1987)002<0032:DWCIW>2.0.CO;2

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