May 8 - The ‘Super Derecho’ of 2009

This system caused multiple wind gusts that averaged around 70 mph (over 110kph) with other incidents reported of isolated gusts clocking over 90 mph (145kph) along its destructive path. On the ground, the wind storm produced significant and often fiercely continuous pounding that spread damage over a far reaching stretch that spanned the high plains of western Kansas through the foothills of the Appalachians in eastern Kentucky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices