Cloudburst
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A cloudburst is an extreme rainfall, sometimes mixed with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating minor flood conditions. Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers.
External links
- Picture: Cloudburst with small hail. (http://wetterchronik.de/mm/20040612.htm)
Cloudburst is also a 1951 movie directed by Francis Searle. See [1] (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043418/)