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Recent Examples of thunderstorm
Camping in an open setting during a thunderstorm is strongly discouraged.
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Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Some of the fiercest storms in the South were reported near Lake Charles, Louisiana, where high winds from a thunderstorm overturned a horse trailer and a Mardi Gras float, damaged an airport jet bridge and flung the metal awning from a house into power lines.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
An unusual February thunderstorm is even possible after midnight on Tuesday – so don't be surprised if a few rumbles wake you up.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 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, 14 Feb. 2026
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Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Some of the fiercest storms in the South were reported near Lake Charles, Louisiana, where high winds from a thunderstorm overturned a horse trailer and a Mardi Gras float, damaged an airport jet bridge and flung the metal awning from a house into power lines.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
An unusual February thunderstorm is even possible after midnight on Tuesday – so don't be surprised if a few rumbles wake you up.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 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, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderstorm
Noun
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These are vegetables that need to grow in cooler weather and will not grow in your summer garden.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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In the East, however, while many locations ranked this winter among their top 25 coldest, no station with a long period of weather records had its most frigid.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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
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The average high for Sacramento around this part of March is around 63 to 67 degrees, with lowering precipitation chances as later March and early April comes around.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Another study estimated in 2024 that the mountains would see half as much precipitation if the lake disappeared completely.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Thunderstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderstorm. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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