Severe thunderstorms produce an EF3 tornado in Virginia Beach
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/04/va_vis_fed-20230430_214524.png)
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (with/without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
A plot of rawinsonde data (source) from Wallops, Virginia at 0000 UTC on 01 May (below) indicated that the -56.49ºC Cloud Top Temperature value roughly corresponded to a Most Unstable air parcel Equilibrium Level (MU EL) overshoot of about 1 km.
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/04/230430_2147utc_goes16_visible_infrared_glmFlashExtentDensity_VA_anim.gif)
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) and GLM Flash Extent Density images at 2147 UTC [click to enlarge]
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/04/goes16_parallax_50ft_15.2km.png)
Parallax offset direction (green) and magnitude (red, in km) for a cloud top of 50,000 feet or 15.2 km [click to enlarge]