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A look at how summer storms create localized damaging winds
By Zach Maloch, WRAL meteorologist It should not surprise many of you that summer in North Carolina involves the heat, humidity and afternoon storms. We have seen it all this past week with heat index values climbing into the triple digits the past few days and severe storms producing localized downbursts, which caused damage on Wednesday. While the heat and humidity are easier to understand, those “pulse-severe,” localized storms are a bit more complex. In…
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