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Below are definitions of important severe storm terms.
- condensation: the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water
- cumulonimbus: a very large thundercloud that brings heavy rain, hail, or snow
- hailstones: small pellets of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds
- storm: violent disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by thunder, lightning, rain, snow or hail
- thunderhead: the top part of a thundercloud
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Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)
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