When severe weather strikes, one of the most destructive things wind can do, other than form a tornado, is create what is known as a "microburst." "Microbursts can cause extensive damage at the ...

Severe storms Sunday evening brought down several trees across the area. Viewers reached out to WRAL News when a storm blew through Willow Spring and adjacent areas on the Wake-Johnston County lines.

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 ...

Downburst is a term that describes a strong wind event caused by a downdraft within a thunderstorm. These powerful winds develop when precipitation falls through dry air, leading to a rapid ...

It all starts with the development of a thunderstorm and the water droplets/hailstones being suspended within the updraft. When the updrafts weaken, it is no longer capable of holding the large core ...

Storms are common around Tampa Bay but some of them can be a bit feisty with strong winds. Some storms can cause damaging straight line winds and it happens when a storm produces a downburst. This ...

The whole reason we got into learning about microbursts was because of a specific type of them that can be caused by virga and those are called “dry microbursts.” The only real difference between dry ...

Meteorologist Kristen Currie goes in-depth on three of the most notable weather events of 2025 and the lessons learned.

Summertime aviation's greatest weather threat is not thunderstorms, but rather convection, encompassing both shallow and deep moist convection, with the latter posing significant danger. Rain showers, ...

Another day with spotty showers and storms, some of which have produced locally torrential rainfall while nearby locations have received very little. Also, additional microbursts associated with those ...

A microburst is a small damaging windstorm in which a column of sinking air (downdraft) descends from the core of a thunderstorm and plummets earthward, creating an outflow of high-speed winds. If the ...