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Severe thunderstorms across the Deep South

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images, with time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in white [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images with time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) showed thunderstorms that produced several tornadoes, hail as large as 5.00 inches in diameter, and damaging winds to 82 mph across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida on 14 June 2023. Pulses of overshooting tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures in the -70ºC to -80ºC range.

Categories: GOES-16, Severe convection