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Severe thunderstorms across Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images, with Local Storm Reports plotted in cyan  [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced several tornadoes, hail up to 4.00 inches in diameter, wind gusts to 81 mph and heavy rainfall (SPC Storm Reports) across northeast Colorado, northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska on 10 May 2023.

1-minute GOES-16 Infrared images (below) include an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density — most of the storms exhibited only modest lightning activity, although a few brief lightning jumps were evident.

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images, with an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images at 2213 UTC and 2218 UTC (below) include a cursor sampling of the associated Rainfall Rate (red), Cloud Top Phase (yellow) and Cloud Top Height (green) Level 2 Derived Products over the location of Local Storm Reports of Heavy Rainfall and Flash Flooding in northwest Kansas. As discussed in this TOWR-S Satellite Book Club presentation, beginning with TOWR-S RPM 22 various types of “GOES RGBs w/Derived Product Readouts” are available in AWIPS under Satellite -> Local Menu Items, which includes these options.

GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB image at 2213 UTC, with cursor sampling of the associated Rainfall Rate (red), Cloud Top Phase (yellow) and Cloud Top Height (green) Level 2 Derived Products [click to enlarge]


GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB image at 2218 UTC, with cursor sampling of the associated Rainfall Rate (red), Cloud Top Phase (yellow) and Cloud Top Height (green) Level 2 Derived Products [click to enlarge]

Categories: GLM, GOES-16, Heavy rain / flooding, Level 2 Product Readouts, Lightning, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Severe convection