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  2. Severe weather - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane-force winds, caused by individual thunderstorms, thunderstorm complexes, derechos, tornadoes, extratropical cyclones, or tropical cyclones can destroy mobile homes and structurally damage buildings with foundations. Winds of this strength due to downslope winds off terrain have been known to shatter windows and sandblast paint from cars.

  3. Thunderstorm - Wikipedia

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    Thunderstorm asthma is the triggering of an asthma attack by environmental conditions directly caused by a local thunderstorm. During a thunderstorm, pollen grains can absorb moisture and then burst into much smaller fragments with these fragments being easily dispersed by wind.

  4. Hector (cloud) - Wikipedia

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    Hector viewed from Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin looking northwest at a distance of approximately 80 km (50 mi). Hector is a cumulonimbus thundercloud cluster that forms regularly nearly every afternoon on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia, from approximately September to March each year.

  5. What is thundersnow? Rare weather phenomena brings lightning ...

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    Thundersnow, which is simply a snowstorm with thunder and lightning, was most recently reportedly observed in the St. Louis, Missouri region amid the brutal winter storm, according to the National ...

  6. Severe storms threaten Florida, Southeast on warm side of ...

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    After severe thunderstorms erupted across the lower Mississippi Valley on Sunday, the threat of strong storms will shift to the Southeast and parts of Florida on Monday.

  7. Cumulonimbus cloud - Wikipedia

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    This process cause thunderstorm formation (and decay) to last for several hours or even over multiple days. Cumulonimbus clouds can also occur as dangerous winter storms called " thundersnow " which are associated with particularly intense snowfall rates and with blizzard conditions when accompanied by strong winds that further reduce visibility .

  8. North American monsoon - Wikipedia

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    Weather pattern of the North American monsoon Typical precipitation pattern of the North American monsoon (green arrow). The North American monsoon is a complex weather process that brings moisture from the Gulf of California (and to lesser extent the eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico) over northwestern Mexico and southwestern US resulting in summer thunderstorms, especially at higher elevations.

  9. About 8,000 without power in wake of storms that swept ... - AOL

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    Update, 6:21 p.m.: The National Weather Service Office at Wilmington has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45 p.m. for Butler County in Southwest Ohio and southeastern Preble County and ...