Severe Weather-Free Zone: No Derechos Reported Across U.S. in Past Week

Listeners, in the past week leading up to January 31, 2026, no derechos or widespread, long-lived destructive windstorms from lines of rapidly moving thunderstorms have been reported across the United States. The CIRA Satellite Library logs from January 25 to 29 highlight winter storms, power outages in the South on January 28, blowing snow in the Northern Plains on January 27, and melting snow in Texas on January 29, but nothing matching the straight-line wind paths over 250 miles with 74-plus mph gusts that define a derecho, as described by meteorologists like Brian Squitieri in recent proposals.

Current weather focuses on a brutal winter storm and arctic blast gripping the South and East. CBS12 reports a strong cold front bringing northwest winds gusting to 40 mph in South Florida today, with gale warnings for seas up to 14 feet through Sunday, but these are frontal winds, not thunderstorm-driven. AOL details over 30 storm-related deaths from ice, snow, and cold in states like Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and South Carolina, with half a million still facing power outages from snapped lines and fallen trees under heavy ice loads. South Carolina's DPH confirmed two more deaths on January 30, totaling four there.

AOL explains derechos typically strike in late spring and summer, with over 75 percent from April to August per NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, peaking in the Midwest and Great Plains. This winter pattern of ice storms and cold fronts differs sharply, lacking the bow echo radar signatures of derechos.

Stay vigilant for severe weather alerts via NOAA radio or apps, secure outdoor items against gusts, and seek sturdy shelter if warnings issue. Planning ahead saves lives, as derechos and similar events have caused hundreds of fatalities historically, often outside buildings.

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