thunderstorm

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Recent Examples of thunderstorm After more than a week of deadly severe thunderstorms and flooding, winter is making an unwelcome return for tens of millions in the eastern half of the United States. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025 Ten deaths have been recorded in Tennessee alone as a series of thunderstorms and tornadoes have battered the state over the past few days. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025 With that, thunderstorms generating heavy rainfall (with rates potentially reaching 2 to 3 inches per hour) could cause flash flooding in prone areas. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2025 Rain and possible thunderstorms are forecast throughout the weekend in the Baltimore region. Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thunderstorm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderstorm
Noun
  • However, Naylor said weather conditions that day likely brought an abundance of small fish closer to shore.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • There were no known weather conditions that might have caused the crash.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • There is a 60% chance of precipitation to start the workweek Monday with cooler temperatures and a high of 58 and a low of 37.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2025
  • However, weather records show a drop in average precipitation starting around 1950.
    Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025

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