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hailstorm

noun

Definition of hailstorm

as in thunderstorm

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Recent Examples of hailstorm In Wisconsin, for example, Nicole Maziasz filed a claim to repair her roof after a 2023 hailstorm. — Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026 Looking over 6,000 acres of prairie, the 45,000-square-foot visitor center would undergo a $7 million renovation after sustaining severe damage from a hailstorm in 2024. — Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 31 Mar. 2026 Central Texas hailstorm brings baseball-sized hail Supercell thunderstorms frequently cause severe hailstorms that produce large, damaging hail due to their powerful, rotating updrafts. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026 The hailstorm devastated Dora’s Nursery, a garden center on the south side of town. — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hailstorm

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Noun

The forecast shows chances of showers and possibly a thunderstorm in eastern Kansas and western Missouri early Friday morning.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.

— STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

Smoke could linger through World Cup weekend A quick-hitting rainstorm will bring winds from the south, pushing the smoke to the north and ushering in fresher air by Saturday evening.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
With drinks in hand and dodging pop-up rainstorms Saturday afternoon, neighbors crowded on Ravenswood Avenue for an afternoon of beer tasting and community camaraderie.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of rainstorm

Noun

Families here face rising property taxes, climbing windstorm and flood insurance premiums, and the everyday costs that follow both.

— Eric "Doc" Stelnicki, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
The Derecho—named after a windstorm—joined examples of the marque’s Huayra Codalunga Speedster and Huayra R Tempesta at Goodwood.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026

Definition of windstorm

Noun

All the research Matthews' group had conducted, along with weather data from the time of the crash, was synthesized to develop a map of the most likely location and a search area of 10 square nautical miles.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama became familiar names for Americans seeking a lower cost of living, better weather, or simply a different pace of life.

— Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of weather

Noun

Last year, cloudbursts, floods and landslides caused significant loss of life and property across India.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of cloudburst

Noun

These are the men and women who spent decades operating buses, maintaining subways, repairing tracks, and kept New York moving through snowstorms, terrorist attacks, and a global pandemic.

— Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
That role is currently empty, and Morales points to the severe snowstorms that took place in January and February as times when the city could have used better coordination.

— Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026

Definition of snowstorm

Noun

Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Last winter arrived early across parts of the United States, with November snowstorms, early blizzard warnings and even flakes reaching places like Florida before Thanksgiving.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of blizzard

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
Low pressure at both the upper level of the atmosphere and near the surface keep the chance of occasional showers (maybe a thundershower) and cooler temperatures around through Tuesday.

— Molly Robey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022

Definition of thundershower

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