thunderstorm
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As the plane flew over Florida’s east coast, a thunderstorm was growing in intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Right now, it does not look like rainfall rates will be hazardous unless a thunderstorm develops,” read a National Weather Service forecast read early Monday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
To this day I can’t shake a three-sentence description of birds driven onto cholla thorns by the winds of a thunderstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Earlier analysis by BBC Verify found there was an active thunderstorm near the airport shortly before the crash, with winds gusting up to 26 knots.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“I wonder if we’ve arrived just in time for a thunderstorm; or an eclipse.”
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
The region could see widespread rain, with a 10% to 20% chance of thunderstorms that could bring gusty, erratic winds and lightning by Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Satellite imagery shows thunderstorms clumping together to form Tropical Storm Isaias.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The light from occasional thunderstorms often provides the only illumination.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The findings suggest that thunderstorms developing near the lower level circulation may play a more active role in storm organization than simply serving as a visible sign that strengthening is underway.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was a dark night, with heavy thunderstorms and low clouds, and the Maddox immediately began evasive action, zigzagging through the heavy rain and turbulent seas.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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