The Bureau of Meteorology's "Storm Spotters' Handbook" contains much useful information ... The name given to an intense thunderstorm downdraught concentrated on a small area is a microburst. Flash ...

The National Weather Service has surveyed the damage from Saturday's storms. They determined some of it was caused by straight line winds embedded in microbursts. Supreme Court blocks order ...

AND TONY, AS WE SAID, THIS TYPE OF STORM IS CALLED A MICROBURST. YEAH, IT’S JUST BASICALLY A BIG TUBE OF AIR THAT RUSHES DOWN OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF A THUNDERSTORM, AND IT CAN ACT LIKE A TORNADO ...

Thunderstorm microbursts caused big wind gusts as high as 111 mph at airports this week, and that might threaten all-time ...

FARGO — Midland, Texas, recorded a wind gust up to 111 mph April 22 without a storm. The high wind was an unusually strong dry microburst. Microbursts typically happen when a thunderstorm ...

What are microbursts? Air cooled inside a thunderstorm can fall suddenly to the ground, spreading out in a circle around the storm and causing wind gusts over 100 mph, doing as much or more damage ...

However, over the past three years, "we haven't had any May storm formations," he said. A study in 2022 co-authored by Klotzbach found that the Atlantic hurricane season was indeed shifting earlier.

Is the NWS surveying storm damage? Here's what to know ... What's the difference between a tornado and a microburst? The National Weather Service defines a microburst as a localized column ...

and then as the storm pushed through, Saint-Hubert on the South Shore. An investigation is underway to determine whether a microburst or a tornado may have touched down in the city. "At the ...

The storm had Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and ... reports were caused by very strong straight-line winds and embedded microbursts. According to the National Weather Service, the thunderstorm ...