storm cell

American  

noun

1. an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.

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storm cell Scientific  

1. An air mass that contains up and down drafts in convective loops, moves and reacts as a single entity, and functions as the smallest unit of a storm-producing system.

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storm cell

The flash and bang was an unexpected “one-hit wonder” that came from a small storm cell, meteorologist Tyler Kranz said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

That was when the southernmost storm cell in the line predictably began to intensify.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022

Johnson estimated that hundreds of lightning strikes bore down on El Dorado, Sacramento and Amador counties during a storm cell that lasted several hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2021

Dierks Bentley shared a video of the storm cell as well as photos of the destruction on Instagram, also announcing that his drummer's home was lost.

From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2020

A brilliant late-afternoon sun readied to break over the edge of a massive storm cell, creating a near-tent of Jacob’s ladders in the airspace just south of the airfield.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 25, 2017