hailstorm

noun

Definition of hailstormnext
as in thunderstorm

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Recent Examples of hailstorm Weather damage If severe weather, such as a hailstorm or flood, damages your car, your warranty likely won’t cover any repairs (but as with accident damage, your auto insurance may cover this). — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 18 May 2026 What started as a typical Monday afternoon at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen quickly turned into a scramble for cover when a hailstorm brought golf ball-sized hail to the course. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 9 June 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 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 See All Example Sentences for hailstorm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorm
  1. thunderstorm
  2. rainstorm
  3. windstorm
  4. weather
  5. cloudburst
  6. snowstorm
  7. blizzard
  8. thundershower
Noun
  • 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, 5 July 2026
  • More than 72 million were under severe thunderstorm watches on Saturday, according to federal forecasters, with the unsettled cells capable of producing winds 65 mph and greater, as well as quarter-sized hail.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of thunderstorm
Noun
  • The teak build can withstand rainstorms and wine spills, while the acrylic cushions can be wiped clean.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
  • Multiple homeowners and renters along Bear Creek in Kitteridge woke up to the sight of mud and destruction, following an overnight rainstorm that flooded parts of the town.
    — Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of rainstorm
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  • Wildfire season is just beginning in the West, but firefighting resources are already strained following a windstorm last week that sent flames racing through Great Basin states mired in drought.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • Take time now to review your homeowner’s policy, windstorm coverage and flood insurance.
    — Stephen Hauptman, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of windstorm
Noun
  • Prices are subject to rapid, unpredictable changes due to factors like, but not limited to, supply/demand, weather, and geopolitical events.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Today’s astro-weather encourages us to be emotionally intelligent without being evasive.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of weather
Noun
  • 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
  • Higher temperatures allow the air to hold more moisture, and extreme rainfall events called cloudbursts are occurring more frequently.
    — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of cloudburst
Noun
  • In 2025, a March snowstorm resulted in the death of one of Jackie and Shadow’s three chicks.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • During a 1986 return trip from India, John Paul’s plane was forced to land in Naples because of a snowstorm in Rome.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Definition of snowstorm
Noun
  • The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 June 2026
  • The air in the bedroom instantly became a blizzard of trash.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 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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