Straight Line Winds

Also known as downbursts or convective wind gusts straight-line winds are one of the rare by-products that can result from a strong thunderstorm.

Straight line winds. Its important to pay attention to warnings from your weather alert radio in the case of high winds. Its the air being pushed down that. 100 mph reaching 58 ms 210 kmh.

When extensive damage is noted the National Weather Service may dispatch a damage survey team to determine the cause and nature of wind damage. Straight-line winds are damaging winds typically 60mph or greater that travel in a uniform direction as they propagate across an area. Straight-line winds are the strong winds produced by a thunderstorm.

Another example just because windows were blown out of one side of a building and the rest of the structure is in tact does not. The winds can gust to 58 ms 130 mph and winds of 26 ms 58 mph or more can last for more than twenty minutes. What Causes Straight-Line Winds.

Widespread significant wind damage can occur with higher wind speeds. These events can cause considerable damage even in the absence of a tornado. A downdraft is a small-scale column of air that rapidly sinks toward the ground.

Derechoes can form quickly and move at speeds of up to 70 mph leaving you little time to prepare or take shelter. Straight-line winds roar through Michigan. Severe Storms Tornadoes Straight-line Winds and Flooding Memphis TN 02072008 -- FEMA Administrator David Paulison left and Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen talk to reporters in the Pinnacle hanger at the Memphis airport.

Straight-line wind is a term used to define any thunderstorm wind that is not associated with rotation and is used mainly to differentiate from tornadic winds. These winds are produced by the downward momentum in the downdraft region of a thunderstorm. Download Images of Straight line winds - Free for commercial use no attribution required.