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A shelf cloud advances along the leading edge of a derecho over Oklahoma in 2011.

Derecho or Tornado? The Wind Pattern That Tells You Which

A derecho and a tornado can look equally destructive, but only one of them spins. Here's the wind pattern, and the wind-speed math, that tells them apart.

Climate  · 16 Sep 2026, 09:22  · Maya Calder