squall line

Example Sentences

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While the storms weren’t tall enough to garner charge separation and contain thunder and lightning, their structure was otherwise similar to a thunderstorm squall line.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 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