On Saturday, August 5, 2000, at about 4 p.m., a terrible storm struck the city of Janesville. Torrential rains and fierce winds battered the city, and there was plenty of lightning as well. The storm left a great deal of destruction in its wake.
Meteorologists attributed the damage to a phenomenon called wind shear, which is defined as an abrupt change in wind speed or direction, or both, over a short distance. The shear takes place where the winds meet, causing turbulent eddies, or swirls of air, to occur.
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