Earlier this week, a weather phenomenon near Midland produced the area's first triple-digit wind gust in almost 100 years.

A triple-digit wind gust roared through part of Texas on Tuesday, but it wasn’t from a tornado or a hurricane.

Midland International Airport in West Texas reported wind gusting to 111 mph Tuesday evening. Scattered thunderstorms were in ...

A virga bomb in West Texas produced wind gusts stronger than 100 mph in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday night. Here’s what ...

A rare 'virga bomb' caused a record 111 mph wind gust in Midland, highlighting the unpredictability of spring weather.

A "Virga Bomb" is a dry microburst that happens when heavy rain from a thunderstorm falls into very dry air, forcing it to ...

The culprit? A “dry microburst associated virga bomb,” according to the National Weather Service. Record wind gust set at Midland Intl Air and Space Port! Look for another graphic explaining ...

The National Weather Service has identified the phenomenon as a "virga bomb." Virga are "streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground ...

The culprit? A “dry microburst associated virga bomb,” according to the National Weather Service. That’s the technical way to say the atmosphere just threw a knockout punch. To explain what ...