AUSTIN, Texas — A destructive supercell storm tore through the Austin area on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread wind and hail damage, along with flooding caused by extremely high rainfall rates.

More than a week after a fast-moving storm tore through Austin, meteorologists have confirmed that a microburst — a rare and intense downdraft — was behind much of the destruction, with winds reaching ...

PHOENIX - Various parts of the Valley are cleaning up once again, after a severe storm moved across the Phoenix area on Oct. 13. The storm managed to cause some damage, with officials with the ...

ABILENE, Texas — As many of our KTXS viewers remember, our news station on North Clack St. was destroyed by severe weather June 8. What was rumored to be a tornado was actually determined by the ...

Wind damage, whether from straight-line winds, a microburst, or a tornado, is impactful. But the damage from straight-line winds and microbursts is often mistaken for a tornado. When a storm does ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Severe thunderstorms produce everything from damaging winds to large and intense hail, and even tornadoes. But did you know that lurking within powerful thunderstorms is a lesser-known ...

June 2nd and 3rd of 2025 saw two damaging microbursts take place across West Texas, causing extensive damage with little to no warning. So what happened? First off, let's go into detail about what a ...

TREES CAME DOWN. SO WHAT IS A MICROBURST? STORMWATCH 9 METEOROLOGIST HAYLEY LAPOINT IS HERE NOW TO EXPLAIN. HAYLEY. HI, MARISA. YEAH, AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TORNADO THAT ...

A microburst hit Moore as storms moved through the Oklahoma City metro on Monday, leaving behind damage. Straightline winds caused power poles to snap along Broadway and Eastern Avenue, and a ...

ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR. A SMALL BUT INTENSE STORM CAUSED A PLANE TO FLIP OVER AT TIMMERMAN AIRPORT IN MILWAUKEE SUNDAY NIGHT. WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA EXPLAINS THE WEATHER PHENOMENON ...

A line of thunderstorms that moved across North Texas on Aug. 4 produced the highest wind gust ever recorded at DFW. At 4:39 a.m., the observation at DFW Airport recorded a wind gust of 89 mph. This ...