The storm that roared across Iowa Wednesday has been categorized as a derecho.  National Weather Service Meteorologist, Brook Hagenhoff, says it’s not exactly the same as the 2020 version, but it was still a derecho.

The Storm Prediction Center before the event had issued a moderate risk for Iowa — which is a level four out of five. And that was the first time in their history that Iowa had been at a moderate risk in December.