weather bomb
Bombogenesis is an ominous-sounding term frequently used to describe powerful low-pressure systems that intensify rapidly.
The corridor off the East Coast of the US is notorious for bombogenesis events.
The word bombogenesis comes from combining "bomb" and "cyclogenesis," the meteorological term for storm formation.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Precipitation: stormy weather
angrily
blizzard
bolt
bomb cyclone
cyclogenesis
cyclonic
derecho
electrical storm
hurricane
sheet lightning
storm cloud
tempestuously
thunder
thundersnow
thunderstorm
thundery
tornadic
tornado
weather bomb
whirlwind