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created by
thunderstorms with
significant amounts of precipitation.
Microbursts and
macrobursts are
downbursts at very
small and
larger scales, respectively...
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features such as
squall lines and cold fronts. It is
commonly observed near
microbursts and
downbursts caused by thunderstorms, fronts,
areas of
locally higher...
- This is a list of
notable downbursts (
microbursts or macrobursts).
August 1, 1674 - An
extraordinarily extreme downburst from a bow-echo
storm caused...
- 1985, the
Lockheed L-1011
TriStar operating Flight 191
encountered a
microburst while on
approach to land at DFW. The
aircraft impacted ground just over...
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scale of
tornado intensity and damage, he also
discovered downbursts and
microbursts and was an
instrumental figure in
advancing modern understanding of many...
- : 1 On July 2, 1994, the
flight encountered heavy thunderstorms and
microburst-induced
windshear while attempting to land, and
crashed into
heavy trees...
- than 4
kilometres (2.5 mi). Wet
microbursts occur in
atmospheres where the low
levels are saturated,
while dry
microbursts occur in
drier atmospheres from...
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crashed in the New
Orleans suburb of
Kenner after being forced down by a
microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board, as well as
eight people on the...
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increase in wind
velocity in
tropical and sub-tropical waters, and may be a
microburst. The name
refers to the white-capped
waves and
broken water, its meager...
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nowcasting measures were implemented. A
small form of downburst, the
microburst, is the most
often implicated in
crashes because of
their rapid onset...
