A microburst is an intense small-scale downdraft produced by a thunderstorm or rain shower. There are two types of microbursts: wet microbursts and dry microbursts. They go through three stages in their cycle, the downburst, outburst, and cushion stages.[1]
Source: Microburst – Wikipedia
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See also: Storm sages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windthrow
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho
“A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], “straight”) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system.[1]”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downburst
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