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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Chapter Three <br />Figure 1: Life Cycle of a Thunderstorm <br />Cumulus Stage <br />Mature Stage <br />Dissipating Stage <br />The Cumulus Stage is the <br />The Mature Stage is the <br />The cool down drafts and <br />developing stage of the <br />strongest and most dangerous <br />precipitation eventually <br />thunderstorm. At this stage <br />stage of the storm. This stage <br />weaken the storm. These <br />the storm only consists of <br />has updrafts but also has cool <br />downdrafts hit the ground <br />warm updrafts or upward <br />downdrafts that contain <br />spread out and stop the influx <br />moving air currents caused by <br />precipitation. The clouds <br />of warm air feeding the storm. <br />convection. The updrafts can <br />often have a considerable <br />reach heights of around <br />depth of 40,000 to 60,000 <br />20,000 feet and form Cumulus <br />feet. Hail, damaging winds or <br />Clouds. <br />tornadoes, and flooding may <br />occur. <br />Source: The National Weather Service <br />102 <br />