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

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

Earlier this week, a weather phenomenon near Midland produced the area's first triple-digit wind gust in almost 100 years.

A rare 'virga bomb' caused a record 111 mph wind gust in Midland, highlighting the unpredictability of spring weather.

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" 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 ...

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

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 ...

Both of these are likely cases of virga—one of those fun weather terms that describes a distinct lack of anything happening. DON'T MISS: The technology that can spot hidden tornadoes lurking in ...

There’s a chance that this rain will be virga, a weather phenomenon where the rain evaporates before it reaches the ground because of dry air below the rain clouds. Also known as a dry storm ...