Midland International Airport in West Texas reported wind gusting to 111 mph Tuesday evening. Scattered thunderstorms were in ...

A triple-digit wind gust roared through part of Texas on Tuesday, but it wasn’t from a tornado or a hurricane.

What's a "dry microburst associated virga bomb?" I would have guessed it's something my D&D dungeon master would made up ...

A virga bomb in West Texas produced wind gusts stronger than 100 mph in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday night. Here’s what ...

A "Virga Bomb" is a dry microburst that happens when heavy rain from a thunderstorm falls into very dry air, forcing it to evaporate before reaching the ground. When that happens, the air cools down ...

Microbursts need not be accompanied by a thunderstorm situation. Dry regions like inland Australia often experience these brief, damaging wind gusts below cumulus, small showers, or streaks of virga ...

AND TONY, AS WE SAID, THIS TYPE OF STORM IS CALLED A MICROBURST. YEAH, IT’S JUST BASICALLY A BIG TUBE OF AIR THAT RUSHES DOWN OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF A THUNDERSTORM, AND IT CAN ACT LIKE A TORNADO ...

You’re not imagining things. What you may be seeing is something called virga. To stream WFMY News 2 on your phone, you need the WFMY News 2 app. Virga is precipitation—usually rain or snow ...

The front will stall out in Central Utah later today, where a few high based showers could bring gusty microburst winds. A series of storms brushing by will bring a chance of April showers off and ...

This is also important for historical reference." Tornado damage can often be confused with damage from a microburst, so meteorologists look at the type of damage rather than how much damage occurred.

There also could have been related microbursts, which are small, intense localized bursts of winds. The damage has included numerous uprooted or snapped trees and downed power lines, leaving ...