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A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane ( / ˈhʌrɪkən, - keɪn / ), typhoon ...
Severe thunderstorm warning (SVR) – A severe thunderstorm is indicated by Doppler weather radar or sighted by Skywarn spotters or other persons, such as local law enforcement. A severe thunderstorm contains large damaging hail of 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter or larger, and/or damaging winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) or greater.
See media help. A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning [ 1] and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. [ 2] Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundershowers. [ 3]
Cold drop ( Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Drought, a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall. Floods. Flash flood. Rainstorm. Red rain in Kerala (for related phenomena, see Blood rain)
Thunder shook Kansas City as strong thunderstorms pushed across area. ... Just shy of 1.5 inches of rain fell at Northwest 68th Street and Line Creek in the 12 hours ending at 6:15 a.m. Nearby, 1. ...
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. [citation needed] It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), wind transporting some ...
Catatumbo lightning (Spanish: Relámpago del Catatumbo) [ 1] is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Bari people. [ 2] It originates from a mass of storm clouds at an altitude of more than 1 km (0.6 ...
Squall line. A squall line, or more accurately a quasi-linear convective system ( QLCS ), is a line of thunderstorms, often forming along or ahead of a cold front. In the early 20th century, the term was used as a synonym for cold front (which often are accompanied by abrupt and gusty wind shifts). Linear thunderstorm structures often contain ...