Well, yesterdays derecho was much further southwest than expected. I did actually go out and locally chase the MI stuff at around 11PM (just to watch the lightning, which was very intense). Went about 35 miles north of my house, trying to locate myself in front of a smallscale bow, since there was absolutely northing downstream from my house to watch.
When I got to my destination, I waited for 10 minutes and then got blasted with a 50MPH wind gust, then heavy rain and very small hail (smaller than pea sized). I decided to head back home, only to find numerous trees down closer to home (about 1-2 miles away!), with my weather station reporting a max wind gust of around 72MPH... Guess I should have just stayed home and enjoyed the show...