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Recent Examples of thunderstorm
East Bay Interior Valleys and East Bay Hills are included in a weather alert for strong thunderstorms by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:54 p.m.
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Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Expect mostly cloudy skies, multiple showers, and even a thunderstorm.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Once tagged as an invest, additional data is gathered on the thunderstorm cluster, including its own computer model runs, to help forecasters more accurately predict its potential track and strength.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
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Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Expect mostly cloudy skies, multiple showers, and even a thunderstorm.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Once tagged as an invest, additional data is gathered on the thunderstorm cluster, including its own computer model runs, to help forecasters more accurately predict its potential track and strength.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderstorm
Noun
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The trip included salt water swimming and hot weather.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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San Diego County enjoys beautiful weather most of the year for many outdoor activities, including cycling.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Speaking under dark clouds minutes after a thundershower drenched onlookers, Ms. Truss leaned on the weather as a metaphor for the economic challenges facing Britain.—
Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2022
Noun
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In terms of precipitation, the NOAA predicts nearly the entire state an equal likelihood of above, below or near average amount of precipitation through the fall months.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Forecasters noted that there’s a 50% to 85% of a quarter-inch or more of precipitation across the Sacramento Valley between Monday and Wednesday.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Thunderstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderstorm. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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