Cloudburst
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cloudburst-165-2662266
title:
Cloudburst
text:
A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions. Cloudbursts can quickly dump large amounts of water, e.g. 25 mm of the precipitation corresponds to 25,000 metric tons per square kilometre. However, cloudbursts are infrequent as they occur only via orographic lift or occasionally when a warm air parcel mixes with cooler air, resulting in sudden condensation. At times, a large am
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Short and very intense rain
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudburst
date created:
2004-06-19T16:17:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T06:51:06Z
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13
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