The December 2021 Midwest Derecho And Tornado Outbreak: A Retrospective And Analysis

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December, a month often associated with holiday festivities and spreading the holiday joy to those around their peers. For many early on in December in 2021, that was the case, well, until two notable severe weather events occurred across the United States. The most well known event, The December 10-11 Tornado Outbreak, was known for an EF4 tornado that impacted Bowling Green, Kentucky, and a large, long-track, wedge tornado that tore through Mayfield, Kentucky and multiple towns and cities in western Kentucky during the tornado's three hour duration, travelling 165 miles. The December 10-11 Outbreak broke the record for the most tornadoes in a tornado outbreak in the month of December, and is often the most well known and talked about tornado outbreak from 2021. However this video isn't about Mayfield. It's about what happened 4 days later.

Not even a week had passed and something just as insane as the Mayfield outbreak occurred. In the upper plains and Midwest. In December. A Derecho that became one of the most prolific severe wind events in the United States History, with only the May 12, 2022 Outbreak being in close contention for the title for the most severe wind reports from a derecho. A derecho that began much earlier than expected, travelling over 700 miles in the span of roughly 8-9 hours total, impacting states such as Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa. More notably though, the record that the Mayfield Outbreak had, the most tornadoes from a single outbreak in the month of December, was broken in less than a week from this derecho, with a total of 120 tornadoes touching down across the upper plains and midwest. Not ONLY was there a threat for a Derecho and tornado outbreak, but the threat of winter weather, wildfires, and strong winds were present across all areas impacted by the severe weather. Join me, as I breakdown one of the most complex significant weather events in recent memory.

Special Thanks to Nick Stewart For Agreeing to an Interview:
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:48 The 2021 Severe Weather Season and it's "Specialties"
3:14 Basic Setup and Background
5:21 Fire Weather, Strong Winds, and Winter Weather Setup
9:39 Derecho Setup
12:13 Tornado Outbreak Setup
15:03 General Synopsis and Significance
18:37 The Events of December 15, 2021.
27:23 Aftermath Of the Events
31:35 The Winds still Blow

Special Thanks to:

Rishi, Devon Williams, Alice, Diego Garcia, Thomas Schwent, and many other people for aiding in the production of this project.

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