HIGHEST GUSTS: Extreme Iowa Derecho with 120mph winds! August 10th, 2020 -- Fairfax/Atkins скачать в хорошем качестве

HIGHEST GUSTS: Extreme Iowa Derecho with 120mph winds! August 10th, 2020 -- Fairfax/Atkins

This is the lean cut of the highest wind gusts I observed at my location 3 miles south of Atkins in sequential order. The gusts as presented are the best-educated guess based on damage and measured gusts in the area, videos of gusts at the given magnitude, and to a lesser extent, radar data. A 126mph gust was measured in Atkins, 100mph was measured multiple times in SW CR, and also along hwy 30. Linn/Benton counties suffered heavy damage to crops, trees, roofing and outbuildings. Of which, a grain silo ~500 yards from my location was destroyed and rolled 100+ yards across a field. Why a cornfield and not in town watching damage take hold? Simply put, it's safer. I wasn't willing to jeopardize my car's or my own safety by filming what these winds can do in town, hence the unobstructed winds mowing down a cornfield.