Large hail and heavy rainfall in the St. Louis area
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/05/stl_rgb-20230513_191554.png)
GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images, with Local Storm Reports plotted in cyan [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
There were also several reports of heavy rainfall — GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images at 1956 UTC UTC, 2100 UTC and 2124 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. Cursor readout values of Rainfall Rate remained in the 1.85-1.90 inch/hour range during the 20-25 minutes prior to each of these 3 heavy rainfall Local Storm Reports.
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/05/230513_1956utc_goes16_visibleInfraredSandwichRGB_L2products_readout.png)
GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB image at 1956 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]
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/05/230513_2100utc_goes16_visibleInfraredSandwichRGB_L2products_readout.png)
GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB image at 2100 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]
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/05/230513_2124utc_goes16_visibleInfraredSandwichRGB_L2products_readout.png)
GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB image at 2124 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]