• This is a list of notable microbursts. July 13, 1890 – A microburst capsized the vessel Sea Wing on Lake Pepin between Wisconsin and Minnesota, killing...
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    Semi-official Microburst Handbook Homepage (NOAA) Taming the Microburst Windshear (NASA) Microbursts (University of Wyoming) Forecasting Microbursts & Downbursts...
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  • The following is a list of derecho events. Weather portal Physics portal Bow echo Line echo wave pattern List of microbursts List of tornadoes and tornado...
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    Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by microbursts)
    the lack of procedures or training to avoid or escape microbursts and the lack of hazard information on wind shear. Forecasts of microbursts improved...
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  • Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. "Air Crash Investigation TV Listing (Australia)". National Geographic Channel. Archived from the original on...
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  • This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this...
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    than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi). Wet microbursts occur in atmospheres where the low levels are saturated, while dry microbursts occur in drier atmospheres from...
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  • Severe thunderstorm (hailstorm, downburst: microbursts and macrobursts) Air pollution Extreme weather List of weather-related phenomena Meteorology Severe...
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    downbursts are associated with visible precipitation shafts, however, dry microbursts are generally invisible to the naked eye. At least one fatal commercial...
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    is falling is sufficiently warm, then strong, then possibly damaging microbursts are possible as sinking air forms. Downburst Shower Wikimedia Commons...
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    1974 Xenia tornado (category Tornadoes of 1974)
    as downbursts and microbursts, and assessing damage to surrounding structures, the Xenia tornado was determined to be the worst out of 148 storms. Fujita...
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    USAir Flight 1016 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by microbursts)
    that a microburst generated by the thunderstorm over the airport at the time of the crash was the probable cause of the accident. The NTSB listed these...
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  • (later runway 10), during which the aircraft flew through at least two microbursts. According to the Portuguese final accident report, firefighters saw...
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    weather phenomena such as convective storms, microbursts, small-scale features in hurricanes, and the process of convective development has been well established”...
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  • a list of fatal commercial aviation accidents and incidents in or in the vicinity of the United States or its territories. It comprises a subset of both...
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  • understanding of downbursts and microbursts as "starbursts" of wind hitting the Earth's surface and spreading out. United States invasion of Afghanistan...
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    southern California. In Santa Barbara, the thunderstorms triggered a microburst with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), strong enough to knock down a power line, injuring...
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    possible that some reported tornadoes were other weather events, such as a microburst, or straight-line winds. 1891 – There was a tornado in San Francisco....
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    CO;2. Forbes; Wakimoto (1983). "A Concentrated Outbreak of Tornadoes, Downbursts and Microbursts, and Implications Regarding Vortex Classification". Monthly...
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  • on landing at Faro Airport 21 December 1992 after flying through two microbursts. 56 people on board were killed. TAP Portugal Flight 425 overran the...
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    Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by microbursts)
    killing 113 of the 124 people on board.: 1  The crash was determined to be caused by wind shear caused by a microburst, but the failure of the airport...
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  • Los Angeles route, suffered a severe microburst-induced wind shear which caused the plane to crash. 134 out of 163 on board were killed (2 survivors...
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    Pan Am Flight 759 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by microbursts)
    flying this route crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board, as well as...
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  • a series of microbursts (with much of the damage coming from the straight-line winds), and not a tornado. European tornadoes that are listed before 1950...
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    Those killed as part of a sporting, political, or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections;...
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    1999 Salt Lake City tornado (category Tornadoes of 1999)
    light was obscured. Winds were still nearly calm, with the exception of a few microbursts. Hail preceded and followed this tornado, which was rated a strong...
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  • The total number of tornadoes confirmed from the outbreak is 146. Tornadoes of 2023 List of United States tornadoes in March 2023 List of United States tornadoes...
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    Autumn, also known as fall, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September...
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  • @westernuntp (September 17, 2021). "Yesterday's NTP survey turned up an EF0 microburst at Belmont, ON, associated with the bow echo on Sept 12th. There was damage...
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    July 12, 2009, featuring Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, popularly...
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