Strong straight-line winds can occur where the squall line is in the shape of a bow echo.
Eleven additional people were killed across five states by other weather events including lightning, flash flooding, and straight-line winds.
There were no tornado-related injuries, but at least one person was injured by straight-line winds.
These systems can produce severe straight-line winds and occasionally tornadoes, causing major damage.
Damaging straight-line winds often occur near the center of a bow echo.
While a large portion of the damage was due to damaging straight-line winds, at least 35 tornadoes were reported across several states.
Structural damage was reported, both from the tornadoes and from straight-line winds.
Tornado warnings were issued for the area, but damage was consistent with severe straight-line winds.
This long-lived, straight-line wind and its thunderstorms cut electrical power to 3.7 million customers.
Many reports of severe straight-line winds and damage were also reported.