AUSTIN (KXAN) — A microburst associated with a supercell thunderstorm moved through Austin on Wednesday, May 28. The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio surveyed the damage from the storm ...

Downburst is a term that describes a strong wind event caused by a downdraft within a thunderstorm. These powerful winds develop when precipitation falls through dry air, leading to a rapid ...

MACON, Ga. — Thunderstorms are a common occurrence in Central Georgia, especially in the summertime, but have you ever heard of or seen a thunderstorm producing a microburst? Some people confuse ...

Whenever a thunderstorm produces damaging winds, many people immediately assume that a tornado is responsible. However, the culprit is usually less exotic, but often just as destructive. Strong ...

A microburst can develop from a passing thunderstorm. An updraft of air is pulled into the storm, while on the other side a downdraft of air is occurring. A downdraft may develop within the storm's ...

Catastrophic flash flooding, a microburst, tornadoes and winter storms kept our meteorologists busy throughout 2025. Here's a ...

A record-breaking, triple-digit wind gust roared through part of Texas on Tuesday, but it wasn’t from a tornado or a hurricane. An airport weather station in Midland, Texas, recorded a wind gust of ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Stephen, A downdraft is kind of a generic term describing a flow or current of air down toward the ground, usually within a convective cloud like a towering cumulus or cumulonimbus.

Robert Meeker said he has never seen anything like it. Jeep tour manager for Mild to Wild Raft and Jeep Tours Inc., Meeker was going over the damage caused by a microburst, a powerful downdraft of air ...

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GEORGETOWN (KXAN) — You may have seen the video of the strong winds out of a thunderstorm in Georgetown Wednesday. If you haven’t, check out the video above of a reported microburst in Central Texas.

There were multiple social media posts showing a set of end zone stands at Center Grove High School crushing the goal posts Friday night due to the wind. The game against Carroll was called at ...