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   and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and   
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    Rainshaft Spotted in New York   
      
      May 24, 2022   
      
       Rainshaft2   
      
      Photographer:  Jack Widner   
      
      Summary Author:  Jack Widner   
      
      Shown in the photo above is a  rain shaft spotted in August 2016   
      while driving southwest of Buffalo, New York. This specific  cloud   
      burst was one of several that occurred day, including one east on I-90   
      near the New York-Pennsylvania border. Rain shafts are a type of   
       convection storm that have strong centralized  updrafts and   
      downdrafts and produce very localized precipitation.   
        * Angola, New York Coordinates: 42.638, -79.027   
      
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