Tom cries out in severe weather phenomenon (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

ice storm

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'severe weather phenomenon' is the definition.
'ice storm' can be an answer for 'phenomenon' (ice storm is a kind of phenomenon). I am unsure of the 'severe weather' bit.

'tom cries out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'tom'+'cries'='tomcries'
'tomcries' is an anagram of 'ICE STORM'.

'in' is the link.

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