Europe
| Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| July 1995 Switzerland - Germany Derecho | 22 July 1995 | |
| July 2002 Finland derecho | 5 July 2002 | known as storm "Unto" in Finnish. |
| July 2002 Germany derecho | 10 July 2002 | (Crossair Flight 850) |
| 2003 Mediterranean derecho | 17 August 2003 | Struck Catalonia, Spain and Languedoc to Roussillon, France with up to F2 damage |
| 2007 winter derecho | 18 January 2007 | Significant derecho across northern and central Europe embedded within Kyrill windstorm caused many fatalities |
| March 2008 Central Europe derecho | 1 March 2008 | Significant derecho embedded within Emma windstorm caused more than dozen fatalities |
| Middle Europa (Czech) Derecho | 25–26 June 2008 | |
| July 2009 Middle Europe Derecho | 23–24 July 2009 | |
| 2010 Heat Wave derecho series | 7–14 July 2010 | Multiple significant derechos (with tornado(s)) across Belgium, the Netherlands |
| August 2010 Estonia - Finland derecho | 8 August 2010 | (known in Finland as "Sylvi"). |
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