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What is a microburst?

What is a microburst? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of less than 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
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Based on the damage caused, the peak winds with this microburst were estimated to be between 120 and 140 kilometres per hour.
Another presentation addressed the hazards associated with windshear and microburst, loss of visibility on short final, and short landings.
His maps of complex damage patterns aided his identification of a previously undiscovered phenomena, the downburst and the microburst.
If the downburst is concentrated in an area less than 2.5 miles in diameter, it is called a microburst.
This damage was deemed to have been caused by a microburst, which is a localized gust of damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm.
On June 7, a 15-second microburst touched down in a Toronto suburb leveling a strip plaza and flipping a few cars.

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