"a mild storm" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a storm that is not severe or intense, but still has some level of wind or precipitation. It can be used in various contexts, such as weather reports, storytelling, or describing a situation or emotion. Example: Despite the forecast predicting a mild storm, the winds picked up and rain poured down, causing chaos on the streets.
But there are occurrences when extreme weather events and extreme impacts are not related such as when a mild storm leads to floods that affect critical infrastructure [53]; or when a tropical cyclone makes landfall in a desolate location.
So, when in an out of character moment Justice Ginsburg told the world (in an interview with Katie Couric) that she thought San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick's now famous, national anthem protest was "dumb" and "disrespectful," but that she wouldn't put him in jail for it, she created a mild storm (she later apologized, calling her comments "inappropriately dismissive and harsh").
For the most part, Lee turned out to be a relatively mild storm at least in the midst of a season that has included a hurricane and a deadly and extremely destructive outbreak of tornadoes.
This caused a mild Internet storm.
And in many cities, a mild thunder storm is enough to overflow sewers and release sewage into fresh water supplies.
"Forecast models suggest that the three clouds merged en route to Earth, and their combined impact could trigger a mild polar geomagnetic storm on Oct. 24-25," Phillips added.
A1 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 An Imperfect Storm Delivers a Mild Blow The monstrous winter storm that forecasters had predicted for days would pound the metropolitan region did not live up to expectations, though points farther north did experience some severe weather.
All they had to go on, in terms of objective correlatives, were last year's Irene and Nor'easter-plus-snow and though, as usual, Teaneck's power was knocked out for about a week each time in those two milder storms, nothing has brought the concept of Global-Warming-is-Going-to-Blow-Us-All-Back-to-the-16th-Century like Sandy has.
Although experts predicted that the storm's radiation could cause problems on Earth, the storm "turned out to be a mild 2 on a scale of 1 to 5," explained The Washington Post.
In early April, Gray anticipated a "mild" season with fewer than ten tropical storms, of which less than six would become hurricanes.
Yet 60 years earlier, an influenza virus that apparently started as a mild outbreak in the spring came back in a giant storm months later.
