microburst

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Her cabin was damaged not by the July 14 storm, but by a subsequent microburst 10 days later that ripped through Wonder Valley, an unincorporated community on the outskirts of Twentynine Palms.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

Bunderson’s company’s ground sensors have also measured “megaevents” of more than 15,000 pollen grains per cubic meter within one hour, which he said typically occur as a microburst on the front end of a storm.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

“This was not a microburst — just a broad straight-line wind event that swept over a huge area,” Grigsby said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2021

In Santa Barbara, the volatile weather resulted in a rare microburst, which involves a shaft of cold air plunging to the earth and fanning out in all directions.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017

The weather service said a microburst of straight-line winds caused most of the damage in a larger area in town north and west of the tornado.

From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2014