June 2nd and 3rd of 2025 saw two damaging microbursts take place across West Texas, causing extensive damage with little to no warning. So what happened? First off, let's go into detail about what a ...

Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett issued a local disaster declaration Wednesday that allows the county to assist in cleaning up residents’ properties damaged by the microburst the struck Pleasant ...

The material in this paper was jointly researched, compiled, and written by J.S. Held. It was originally published for attendees of the 31st Conference on Severe Local Storms in October 2024.

Twice this week, a phenomenon known as a microburst has caused wind gusts at an airport to approach or exceed its all-time records. Microbursts, which occur during thunderstorms, are much more common ...

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