8-11-2022

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T O R N A D O F
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G Y I O R
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O L I G H N I N G
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T N V
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R A I N
 
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C R E E K
 
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Across

  1. a tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and/or squalls
  2. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  3. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
  4. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
  5. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder
  6. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
  7. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops
  8. a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river

Down

  1. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
  2. having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold
  3. having a high degree of heat or a high temperature
  4. bright with sunlight
  5. a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
  6. reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapor
  7. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility
  8. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
  9. loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air


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