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• A line of cumulus or towering cumulus clouds connected to and extending outward from the most active part of a supercell, normally on the southwest side. The line normally has a stair-step appearance, with the tallest clouds closest to the main storm

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  Flanking Line. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/flanking-line.

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  Flanking Line. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/flanking-line (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Flanking Line." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/flanking-line.

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