thunderstorm

Example Sentences

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In August 2025, a Crew-11 launch was scrubbed at T-minus 1 minute due to cloud cover and a small thunderstorm near Cape Canaveral violating weather safety criteria.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Another bushfire near the small town of Walwa crackled with lightning as it radiated enough heat to form a localised thunderstorm, fire authorities said.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

In some ways, we can do just that — even if it’s not quite as fun as watching Ted Sarandos wander around in a thunderstorm.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

Then one night a thunderstorm swept it and the beavers downstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“You see, Twitch was commenting on the weather, and how it was likely that a thunderstorm may come, and Boo then remarked that she did not like thunder.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el