List of microbursts

List of microbursts

This is a list of notable microbursts.
*July 13, 1890 - A microburst capsized the vessel "Sea Wing" on Lake Pepin between Wisconsin and Minnesota, killing 98 people.Fact|date=July 2008

*A particularly violent microburst is a possible alternative explanation to the 1961 sinking of the American school brigantine "Albatross". The ship's captain Dr. Christopher Sheldon claimed that the ship was hit by a white squall on the voyage from Progreso, Yucatán, to Nassau in the Bahamas.Fact|date=July 2008

*A microburst squall with windspeeds of 80 miles per hour is responsible for capsizing and sinking the "Pride of Baltimore" in May 1986 in the Caribbean, about convert|250|mi|km north of Puerto Rico. The ship took the lives of her captain and three of her other 11 crew members. [http://www.pride2.org/history/ogp.php]

*August 14, 1996 - A severe thunderstorm and its accompanying dry microburst hit the northwest portion of the Phoenix metro area – ripping off tile roofs and causing $160 million in damage. An Arizona record wind gust of 115 miles per hour is recorded at the Deer Valley Airport. A few locations had to go without power for several days. [http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/general/history/index.php?wfo=psr&page=top]

*In the early hours of September 7, 1998, a microburst hit the city of Syracuse, New York. Three people were killed and the area suffered $130 million in damages. [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/sep71998page.htm]

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