How to Use microburst in a Sentence

microburst

noun
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  • The latter reveals, in microbursts, the rail and the silhouette of the ride.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • If these trees fall in a straight line, the damage might've been caused from a microburst.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2024
  • What happened next made headlines around the country: The plane hit a wind shear as part of a microburst in the storm.
    — Richard Laver, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • The storm over Dallas on Monday was a wet microburst, as seen by the dark rain curtain spilling out of the cloud.
    — Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 9 June 2017
  • A microburst is a burst of high winds in a storm that has the potential to cause damage at the surface.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 15 June 2017
  • What's changed since: Doppler radar is now used at airports to detect wind shear and microbursts like the one that brought down the plane.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • The city received a little over 2 inches of rain Monday evening in what Boydston called a microburst.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2022
  • His play has been like the weather in Jersey City this week: If the sun is hot and bright in the sky, just wait an hour and a microburst will blow in dark clouds, sheets of rain and sheer misery.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • There have already been some setbacks in the early going, most notably with the microburst that swept through nearly a year ago on Sept. 13.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Winds in a microburst can reach 100 mph, equaling the force of an F-1 tornado, but without the formation of a funnel cloud.
    — Maria Eberhart, baltimoresun.com, 8 July 2021
  • While tornadoes can flatten homes and level trees, so too can microbursts, which are storms that can tear through an area with 100 mph winds.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
  • How bad have 2017's pop-up thunderstorms, microbursts and hailstorms been?
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, AL.com, 18 July 2017
  • While radar scans can forecast microbursts, there is often not much warning.
    — Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
  • Another night of microburst skating is here, and time’s a-wasting.
    — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
  • Wet microbursts are common in the South during the summer, according to the weather service.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 15 June 2017
  • Some San Antoninas got a respite from the relentless summer heat on Monday when a wet microburst passed through the area.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Any storm that develops could be plenty strong, with frequent lightning, small hail and strong wind gusts with the potential for a few wet microbursts.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • What's the difference between a tornado and a microburst?
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • During his around-the-world trek, Pinkney’s boat was knocked over by a microburst — a sudden current of air — and under certain conditions, a large wave could turn a trimaran over.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The region did get socked by a powerful microburst on Sept. 13 that unleashed high winds, uprooting mammoth trees and snapping others at the trunk.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2019
  • But macrobursts and microbursts leave their mark by tossing debris in a single direction.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 4 June 2019
  • Those storms could bring lightning and dangerous microburst winds that could put firefighters in danger.
    — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The National Weather Service said the parameters will be in place for a few microbursts across north and parts of central Alabama.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 15 June 2017
  • Reopelle noted that the 9-hole course at Wing Park closed over the weekend until crews drained the course of excess water and tree debris left behind after a microburst and several storms.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 26 July 2017
  • The National Weather Service is tasked with figuring out if damage after a bad storm was caused by a microburst or a tornado.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
  • In Penn Yan, N.Y., four people sustained minor injuries when a large structure under construction toppled due to strong winds and what some guessed was a microburst, though it could not be confirmed.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 27 May 2021
  • While the tornado threat was lower than on Tuesday, large hail and microbursts caused headaches in southwestern Oklahoma, where winds gusted to 106 miles per hour around dinnertime in the town of Frederick.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • But monsoons, which have capsized boats even larger than Salmon’s, are the biggest concern, the storms producing high winds and heavy rains and spawning microbursts that can generate sudden, tornado-like gusts of 75 to 80 mph.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • However, there remains the prospect of frequent lightning, and an isolated wet microburst or two in which a pocket of damaging winds hits a relatively small area.
    — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
  • These strings grow more complex but are still executed as microbursts of electricity.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 Jan. 2020

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