Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A powerful supercell thunderstorm, which triggered a microburst in Tempe, dropped heavy rain across the East Valley Oct. 13, ...

Unnamed Entrada sandstone rock spires with virga or evaportating rainfall at sunset in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah. (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The ...

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.

Wind damage, whether from straight-line winds, a microburst, or a tornado, is impactful. But the damage from straight-line winds and microbursts is often mistaken for a tornado. When a storm does ...