Research Article

Predicting Microbursts in the Northeastern U.S. Using Lightning Flash Rates and Simple Radar Parameters

Table 1

List of microbursts examined in this study.

CaseDateTime (UTC)Latitude (°)Longitude (°)Wind speed (m/s)

17/24/201204 : 1243.13−75.3249
26/24/201322 : 0842.658−73.72645
37/3/201419 : 5542.8842−75.200945
47/8/2014NY23 : 1043.31−75.2943
57/8/2014PA22 : 5240.46−76.9843
66/12/201521 : 0541.66−74.1945
76/23/201516 : 3540.9068−77.452236
86/30/201518 : 3540.6631−75.515336
98/3/201523 : 3342.9344−74.626243
106/16/201618 : 5539.938−78.653736
117/1/201620 : 1742.802−73.914440