snowstorm

noun

Definition of snowstormnext
as in thunderstorm
a storm with a large amount of falling snow An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.

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Recent Examples of snowstorm His father’s funeral visitation was held during a snowstorm on February weeknight. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026 One wintry day his job was simple, to back up another trooper with a tractor trailer crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike near the Oxford and Auburn line during a snowstorm. — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 28 May 2026 He was found injured in front of a Canton home in early hours January 29, 2022 during a snowstorm and was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026 Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowstorm
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  1. thunderstorm
  2. blizzard
Noun
  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
  • More than 72 million were under severe thunderstorm watches on Saturday, according to federal forecasters, with the unsettled cells capable of producing winds 65 mph and greater, as well as quarter-sized hail.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of thunderstorm
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  • The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 June 2026
  • The air in the bedroom instantly became a blizzard of trash.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
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