The landing was attempted during heavy rain and a thunderstorm.. Doppler radar systems can detect mesocyclones within a supercell thunderstorm. A tornado is a natural disaster resulting from a thunderstorm. The match was played through a minor thunderstorm, which produced several visible lightning strikes. Windstorms occurring during thunderstorm activity are sometimes destructive. Except for the occasional sporadic thunderstorm, there is almost no summer rainfall. Hail is one of the most significant thunderstorm hazards to aircraft. A microburst is a localized column of sinking air that drops down in a thunderstorm. Rabbitt developed "Rainy Night" from a song fragment that he penned during a 1960s thunderstorm. This term technically applies to a single thunderstorm with one main updraft. This part of the thunderstorm cloud is called the anvil. One blew during a thunderstorm in 1955; the other remains in the ground. They occur near the end of a weakening thunderstorm cluster. This is due to the maritime influence inhibiting summertime thunderstorm development and maintenance. South Carolina averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year.