Heartland Dodges Derecho Fury, U.S. Sees Routine Cold Fronts and Gusty Winds

Listeners, in the past week leading up to January 17, 2026, no derechos or widespread, long-lived destructive windstorms from lines of rapidly moving thunderstorms have been reported across the United States. The National Weather Service and major outlets like CBS12 show only routine cold fronts in South Florida bringing scattered showers, gusty winds up to 25-30 knots on marine waters, and cooler mornings into the 30s and 40s, but nothing matching the intense, damaging thunderstorm complexes of a derecho. CIRA Satellite Library notes extremely strong winds causing blowing dust over Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas, yet these stem from non-thunderstorm systems without the hallmark rapid thunderstorm lines. NWS Houston/Galveston mentions gusts to 20-25 mph Saturday with a Red Flag Warning for fire risk west of there, but again, no thunderstorm involvement or derecho-scale damage. Derechos, often called inland hurricanes for their hurricane-force winds over hundreds of miles, require specific convective setups not seen in recent US reports—AOL describes them as rare beasts hitting nearly a million in Canada recently, but US skies stayed clear of that fury this week. Stay alert as winter patterns shift, but for now, the heartland dodged these beasts.

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