squall line
Example Sentences
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Thunderstorms, clustered into a squall line producing heavy rainfall, had become reinvigorated midday Tuesday as they moved into a humid air mass heated by the sun.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022
Part of a Metairie elementary school's roof was ripped off its foundation, which NOLA.com said was likely due to intense winds following the squall line of the storm.
From Fox News • Apr. 14, 2021
Gupta says that a low pressure area developed forming a squall line.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2019
The Marksville damage is just one example from a squall line that knocked out power to tens of thousands Monday, downing trees and damaging structures from Texas through Mississippi.
From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2017
Beyond that the ocean vast and cold and shifting heavily like a slowly heaving vat of slag and then the gray squall line of ash.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
