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Texas gets brutal smackdown from something called a "dry microburst associated virga bomb"

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 24, 2025
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What's a "dry microburst associated virga bomb?" I would have guessed it's something my D&D dungeon master would made up while drunk.

But it's actually when a thunderstorm basically says "screw this" and projectile vomits all its air straight down. It's the meteorological equivalent of flipping the table during family game nigh…

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