One of the storms produced what they call a microburst, with 80-mile-an-hour winds. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 19, 2006] Reference
A microburst is a sudden, violent downdraft of air, kind of similar to a tornado. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 19, 2006] Reference
In wind shear, you get something called a microburst, and let me show you what a microburst looks like. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Wind Shear Suspected in Singapore Airlines Crash - October 31, 2000] Reference
ADLER: Last August, a short, intense summer storm - called a microburst - downed more than 100 trees in the park. From Wordnik.com. [After Branch Kills Baby, New Yorkers Look Skyward] Reference
"microbursts are oftentimes confused for tornadoes, but a microburst is a concentrated downdraft of wind," Wankum said. From Wordnik.com. [WBUR | News | Boston] Reference
A microburst is a localized column of downward-rushing air that, in a worst case, can push an aircraft into the ground. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Usually the NWS checks things out and says "microburst" or the like. From Wordnik.com. [New England weather] Reference
Three-master goes down in "microburst" off Brazil; students adrift for hours. From Wordnik.com. [timesunion.com: Local Breaking News] Reference
The captain blamed the wreck on a "microburst," a sudden, vertical downdraft. From Wordnik.com. [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference
A "microburst" may have pushed the wind beyond 70 mph at the top of the structure, National Weather Service officials said. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference
A "microburst" may have pushed the wind beyond 70 mph at the top of the structure, National Weather Service officials said. From Wordnik.com. [FOXSports.com News] Reference
So a microburst is a very dangerous thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
"microburst" may have pushed the wind beyond 112 kilometres an hour at the top of the structure that was built in 2003. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
And what you get is a wind shear and a microburst. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Rescuers Rush Survivors of Singapore Airlines Crash to Hospital - October 31, 2000] Reference
However, with a microburst, it's completely different. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
And that's what happens in these microburst situations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference
That's different than what you saw with the microburst. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
Fujita dubbed it a microburst, and the name would stick. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Warning] Reference
A Google search on "wet microburst" will turn up lots of hits. From Wordnik.com. [San Juan Cosal� water spout and mudslides] Reference
So, we could even see a microburst have winds of 100 miles per hour. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
The microburst is this air coming down at really supremely fast speeds. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Rescuers Rush Survivors of Singapore Airlines Crash to Hospital - October 31, 2000] Reference
My street this past week got hit with a microburst, with devastating results. From Wordnik.com. [On The Streets Where We Live] Reference
The Eastern flight, he surmised, flew into the heart of the third microburst. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Warning] Reference
But this very small, less than two-mile wide event was caused by a microburst. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2009] Reference
The propulsion system is a 3.2 terawatt warp engine with microburst capability. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » The Upgrade : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
A microburst comes in a down draft, so it comes down really hard and spreads out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2007] Reference
And that air splashes out, and when it does it makes wind damage called a microburst. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2006] Reference
At that point, they say that a microburst of wind struck it and flipped the boat over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2004] Reference
We had an amazing microburst storm tonight knocked out the power for a couple of hours. From Wordnik.com. [Gratitude 8/10/07] Reference
I should have thought microburst because my house was hit by one in Arizona a few years back. From Wordnik.com. [Tornadoes in Town? at cvillenews.com] Reference
Well, that's because the winds in a microburst are actually coming in the opposite direction. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
And that very well, when that happens, that could be a microburst, or downdraft type of damage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2007] Reference
And, and we have a great iReport sent to us from Rick Seno, that really captures this microburst. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
But in a microburst it's different; we have the air, the cold air, coming down rapidly, really fast. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2009] Reference
Ordinarily, the banal pronouncements of pop stars are not worth time, ink, paper or a microburst in cyberspace. From Wordnik.com. [A new call to swagger from the Hollywood left] Reference
He found the jet had crashed within sixty seconds of entering a three-mile microburst at the end of the runway. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Warning] Reference
People have had reports of a possible tornado or a microburst that came through there last night tearing off roofs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2004] Reference
He mapped the microburst wind directions and the effects on each of the eleven jets that landed before Eastern Flight 66. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Warning] Reference
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