The June 29th, 2023 Midwest Derecho - A Meteorologist's Perspective

[@suehuff8065]

Thank you, Andy, for all of your hard work! We began our day with the storm at 10:30 a.m. here in southeast Iowa. Lots of tree damage and power out for a few hours but compared to the historic Cedar Rapids derecho, we got off easy today...I have great appreciation for all of you wonderful people who communicate on the front lines of serious weather events to educate, inform and save lives when you can...you are all my heroes and great public servants! :)

[@shell-westaustralia8522]

Thanks Andy 😊

[@Nicole-po7mp]

We are still without power south of Champaign, IL since the Drecho hit around 1pm. Trees down all over our houses, hail damage.

[@corneillececil9437]

Thank you for all your help!

[@crowvii]

Always learn something new about weather or radar from you!

[@dwhitt567]

Andy, fantastic job of not only covering the weather but explaining it in simple language. Thanks for hanging in there til the end. Great job bro!

[@Crazylace333]

Yesterday was scary I was watching you in terre haute when it hit and I completely lost all service,but because of you I was able to get to the basement

[@bonniehoover6959]

Thank you Andy for all your great up dates. We here in Bristol, Tn say Hi

[@rosemary0806]

😊THANKS ANDY!!!❤

[@KarenSmith-db6jb]

Love you Andy ♥️

[@emilyhueber295]

Thank you Andy!

[@vernongollobit4781]

I appreciate the weather coverage today Andy thank you for taking time out of your day and doing this you’re in the rest of the yall squad are awesome ❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️✌️⛈🌦🌩🌪🌧

[@annamccarty911]

I wish I could've watched. I lost power in Springfield, IL, before you started the stream. we had 112 mph winds here and lots of damage throughout the city. I didn't have power for almost 30 hours, and there's still thousands without power today. thank you for covering this! derecho and an ef2 tornado in the area confirmed

[@shinio1]

In Bloomington and just got our power back! The mobile home got hit with about 80-90mph straight line wind. It rocked the home 3 times and chugged on. Your coverage was helpful. Thank you again for your public service!

[@jamesscheetz8570]

Man! Was looking for your feed when storm was passing through IL/IA border... Nauvoo IL is in shams, super sad

[@geezermann7865]

Yeah, I was looking for either Andy or Ryan this morning. The derecho came through western IL before noon. My county, Greene, got hit at 11:45. Power was out for 6 hours. Major tree damage in my yard, 70 mph wind. But it was worse north of me around Quincy and north of there.

[@jamesscheetz8570]

See we got hit at about 10:45, power will be out around here for well over a week in rural areas.

[@brianmaxei8898]

Hello Andy we appreciate your show brother storming like hell over St Louis bad scary

[@hycinth5371]

You rock, Andy👍

[@helencoots-ln7xe]

Thank you Andy from ky

[@justanawkwardddlcfan]

I remember driving into town and feeling my ears pop… that was a fun sweet 16th birthday

[@sidneyr1281]

Youre the best andy!

[@suenugent9555]

Thank You....#1 Team ..❤

[@donsatterthwaite698]

Mattoon = Mat - Tune (Fairly strong emphasis on both syllables.)

[@shimesu443]

I live in Champaign County. I work overnights and sleep in the afternoon, but I stayed up later than normal because my sister, who works in Bloomington, had shot me a text warning me about the weather. The thing about this derecho was how quickly it went from 0 - nasty. It went from blue skies, to cloudy, to unable to see my neighbor's house in only a few minutes. Lights flickered a few times, but the power stayed on as the storm passed. I say it's done and go to bed. Then the power line to an empty house behind me snaps, which blows a circuit breaker at a substation. My neighborhood had no power for four days, because Ameren was scrambling to replaced and repair all the damage in the area. Trees down, my neighbor's garage lost its roof, and one of my coworkers couldn't make it into work because all the roads he would take were blocked by downed trees.

[@metandyhill]

thanks for the account of the event! goes to show that high end wind events are even more impactful with how widespread the results are felt. i like covering the damaging wind events, but it is tough to fill the space as a streamer!

[@penguinbrony2415]

To say the least, this was a crazy day. I live in Taylorville, IL and we got hit head on by winds of around 100 mph and a handful of tornadoes as well. Just a bad day all around for my area.

[@James-ju1wb]

Down in New Mexico, we appreciate the rain!

[@heatherwhatever7714]

Great job.

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Another storm coming into Evansville. Lightening and thunder!

[@lauriec9541]

Hearing thunder in murfreesboro tn, lots of wind and rain..

[@d0g3br34d]

i live in maroa il, and all the sudden the wind picked up real bad and it was all green outside, i was in my sister's closet when the lights flickered, it was a pretty freaky experience and i supposed it was a derecho, and it was

[@katyRose088]

Will this reach Columbus Indiana? And when

[@lindsayjakekangaroomouse]

That Storm was Scary and Terrifying. I had a lot of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and 1 PDS Tornado Watch

[@brianmaxei8898]

Tower grove south neighborhood in St Louis Missouri now havey hard rain crazy out of nowhere was sunny and hour ago no warning

[@brianmaxei8898]

Raining so hard in St Louis you can't even see out the front door

[@jrovel07]

I really appreciate how Andy hops around to many different areas being affected and not only focusing on the biggest damage producer. He's what the weather channel used to be in it's "glory days". Breaking down the nation's weather threats evaluating them and giving people information they need to prepare or letting them know that the weather is not going to blow their homes away. Now the weather channel is full of "clickbait" and it has turned into how can we get the most $ out of what we show.

[@chrisgetti1009]

Is Meadville pa gonna get this Strom in the next day or so?

[@daren7889]

Meadville ,OA not too far from Clarion State University! 🤗🌲🌄🌲🐈‍⬛🐈🐈🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙

[@daren7889]

Oops! PA!

[@lauriec9541]

What were you saying about nashville tn?

[@geezermann7865]

I wish you had started earlier before the derecho entered Illinois. By the time you came on it had already hit my county and my power went out. That was at 11:45 before your stream began. So no internet after that for 6 hours. I had 70 mph wind and large tree branches down in my backyard. Isn't it unusual for a line of storms to become a derecho before noon? It was bad. Greene County.

[@metandyhill]

yup, I did what I could. I had just woken up and gone downstairs, set up the stream in 5 minutes and received all pieces from the team (thumbnail, stream links for the cams/chasers/etc.) I'm sorry I couldn't reach you too :(

[@katyRose088]

Definitely your calling Andy.

[@gangfetter]

I am in Bloomington work for railroad nice and cool out

[@mikebrankle5013]

is thaton on a line to indiana

[@SilverKat46]

Good morning wish you were around 3/2024

[@PACKGOD.00000]

Is anything coming to Ohio?

[@Bex-rg8pj]

It’s looking nasty here In Evansville

[@monicaguerrero4587]

Crazy thing we got a tornado but no sirens in Lincoln

[@geezermann7865]

Lincoln is where the National Weather Service office is located for the Springfield area.

[@annamccarty911]

no tornado there

[@grrrrUrNotSkibidi]

I just got power back from this after 8 hours.

[@annamccarty911]

try going 30 hours without power. thousands are still without power here in Springfield

[@grrrrUrNotSkibidi]

@@annamccarty911 my grandparents went just under three days. I thought mine was bad but Ig not 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mikebrankle5013]

show us a fzful state screen

[@hearmeout9138]

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Kentucky is just the SPC trying to keep Andy online.

[@Supernut52]

We need rain.

[@hearmeout9138]

Andy woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I’ve supported him from the beginning, often watching his stream instead of Ryan’s and he’s always been cool to chat with. I’ve never seen him react like he did when I asked a few times about the storm in Alabama. I wasn’t the only one and I was making a joke about that James Spann BBQ Tour which I have mentioned to him before and he chuckled about it. Then he put me on blast mode. If he thinks that was justified, then I need to find greener pastures or a more “fruited plain”.

[@katyRose088]

Columbus indiana

[@omw78]

Do you live in candlelight

[@ForceTwenty-p3i]

Weather Bulletin By NWS Indianapolis NOAA Weather Radio Network in Vincennes/Terre Haute The National Weather Service in Indianapolis Has * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern Sullivan County in West Central Indiana Central Knox County in Southwestern Indiana * Until 300 pm CDT/400 pm EDT at 235 pm CDT/335 pm EDT a Severe Thunderstorm Was Located 3 Miles Southeast of Sullivan Moving Southeast at 35 Mph Hazard 70 Mph Wind Gusts Source Radar Indicated Impact Considerable Tree Damage Wind Damage is Likely to Mobile Homes Roofs and Outbuildings Locations Impacted Include Vincennes County Road 342789 in Sullivan Sullivan Bicknell And East Vincennes At 217 pm EDT Widespread Wind Damage Was Reported On Spotter Radio The Widespread Wind Damage Was Near County Road 5437