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A closer look: The meteorology of our stormy summer

Multiple tornadoes, a macroburst, storms with plenty of lightning, and several different days of brief flooding rainfall, were all a result of this summer's active pattern.

A closer look: The meteorology of our stormy summer

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Multiple tornadoes, a macroburst, storms with plenty of lightning, and several different days of brief flooding rainfall, were all a result of this summer's active pattern.

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Multiple tornadoes, a macroburst, storms with plenty of lightning, and several different days of brief flooding rainfall, were all a result of this summer's active pattern.

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