Posible wind event?

70 MPH winds forecasted for here at about 2:00AM
 
Just came through Chicago no twisters but high winds….wasn’t pretty.
 
It was crazy when I was driving in it by O’Hare Airport last night. It got black as midnight with almost zero visibility. Howling winds and occasional hail thumps. I was scared to stop because I saw several accidents on the shoulders.
 
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….or a mesoscale convective system. Lol
 
How can it be that I am 58 years old and this year is the first time I have heard the term “Derecho”?

Same here, had to google it. It must be one of the new terms the younger crowd has came up with because wind storm was to big to text.
 
I went through this one on the lake in 2012. Quite the storm (derecho as I first learned the term). We were rafted up and anchored with 2 other boats. We did OK but the the marina, not so good... quit a bit of damage.

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It doesn’t creep up on anyone.
 
We have experienced 4 Derechos. They happen about every 10 years in our experience. Here is our driveway and yard after the last one about 10 years ago.
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