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Derecho DECCA radar 1969-07-04
Radar in Akron, Ohio was the first bow echo to be radar-documented.

The Ohio Fireworks Derecho was a severed wind storm that happened on July 4, 1969. The storm started in southeast Michigan and entered northwestern Ohio near the Toledo area and moved into the Sandusky and Cleveland areas also western Pennyslvania, including the Pittsburgh area before ending at midnight near the borders of Pennyslvania, West Virginia, and Maryland.

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    Track of the Ohio Fireworks Derecho

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