Severe thunderstorms across Kansas While much of Kansas was under a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” Severe Thunderstorm Watch, 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, large hail (to 3.00 inches in diameter) and damaging winds (gusts of 90-100 mph) (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of Kansas on 19 May 2024. Some flash flooding was also reported, with […]
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Blowing dust in West Texas 5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Ash RGB images (above) showed a pulse of blowing dust — lofted by thunderstorm outflow winds gusting as high as 70 kt (81 mph) — that was moving southward across West Texas late in the day on 16 May 2024. This dust reduced surface visibility to 1-1/4 mi at some […]
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30-second images of thunderstorms that produced damaging winds (with some fatalities) in the Houston, Texas area Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second interval GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) — which showed thunderstorms that produced damaging winds (with some fatalities) across the Houston area (SPC Storm Reports) on 16 May 2024. Widespread structural damage occurred in downtown Houston — and there were also power outages across much of the area. The corresponding 30-second GOES-16 […]
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