Derecho 2024 Cedar Rapids. On august 10, 2020, with very little time to prepare, a derecho hit the city of cedar rapids, iowa, bringing wind speeds of 140 mph and causing widespread devastation. The city of cedar rapids released.
Derecho hits cedar rapids metro area with widespread straight line winds of 80 to 100 mph and gusts of up to 140 mph, downing trees and power lines and damaging buildings and. Monday’s derecho, the violent thunderstorm complex that unleashed winds over 100 mph in parts of iowa, has devastated scores of communities in the hawkeye state.