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• n  a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

• In a thunderstorm which delayed it for nearly half an hour at Washington's airport, a Douglas DC-3 of Pennsylvania Central Airlines took off one night last week for Pittsburgh .
• Only the outside walls remained standing and that was probably because of a timely thunderstorm that helped contain the fire.
• What is a thunderstorm? Nobody knows exactly, because science has never thoroughly dissected one.

• electrical storm
• electric storm

News & Articles

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• Thunderstorm skirts Athens, strikes metro Atlanta
  A severe thunderstorm that caused major power outages in the Atlanta area Thursday evening skirted south of Athens, despite initial warnings by forecasters to expect strong winds and possible hail.
  June 15, 2013 - Athens Banner-Herald
• Severe thunderstorm warning issued until 4:15 p.m.
  A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Wyandotte County. The warning is in place until 4:15 p.m. Gusty winds, heavy rains are possible with the storm.
  June 15, 2013 - Kansas City Kansan
• Thunderstorm blows through town, causing wrecks, downing trees
  A powerful thunderstorm packing wind speeds up to 55 miles per hour crossed the Gainesville area in less than an hour shortly after 11 a.m. Friday
  June 14, 2013 - The Gainesville Sun

Quotes

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• Patrick Smith in Guardian Unlimited
  Whatever happened must have happened very fast, which is usually a sign of catastrophic structural failure,said Patrick Smith, a US based airline pilot and aviation commentator. "A plane never takes off into a thunderstorm, no crew or...
• Sir Alan Sugar in Chester Standard
  Sir Alan said: "On Saturday during heavy rain and a thunderstorm we landed at Barton, a friendly and club-like airfield now named City Airport Manchester - a far grander name than it suggests with a grass runway about the same length as a football...
• Nick Dougherty in Reuters.uk
  We had it as good as it could be this morning after the thunderstorm yesterday because you can stop the ball on some of the holes. I didn't play that well from tee to green but my short game was red-hot,added Dougherty, who took only 11 putts...