TEMPE, Ariz. – A dramatic video shared from Tempe shows the moment when straight-line winds tore through a backyard as a microburst pummeled the Arizona city early this week.
According to the National Weather Service office in Phoenix, straight-line winds during the powerful supercell thunderstorm reached between 80 and 90 mph – as strong as a Category 1 hurricane – when the storm wreaked havoc in Maricopa County across portions of Guadalupe, Tempe and Scottsdale on Monday afternoon…