DENVER — Many residents across eastern Colorado have recently witnessed a distinctive weather phenomenon known as "virga." Virga occurs when precipitation falls from clouds but evaporates before ...

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A system that produced tornadoes Thursday also triggered a record-breaking virga bomb in Midland, where wind gusts reached 111 mph on Thursday — equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane. Storms are ...

The gust's wind speed matched that of a Category 3 hurricane. The National Weather Service has identified the phenomenon as a "virga bomb." Virga are "streaks or wisps of precipitation falling ...

These unique clouds can be found amongst two cloud types: altocumulus and stratocumulus. These two cloud types are low to mid level clouds and are common ahead of storms, but added turbulence can ...

It shattered the previous record of 97 mph set on June 26, 2007. The culprit? A “dry microburst associated virga bomb,” according to the National Weather Service. Record wind gust set at ...

There was minor structural damage. Meteorologists are calling it a “virga bomb.” Virga resembles hairs falling from a rain cloud. It’s an indicator that rain is falling but evaporating ...