The middle part of April 2013 brought periods of very heavy rainfall to portions of Illinois and the Upper Midwest region, with many areas receiving 5-7 inches of rainfall. A map of the 14-day total observed precipitation during the 07-21 April period (above) shows the widespread distribution of the heavy... Read More
A powerful and deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas occurred on the evening of 17 April 2013. A thinning of the layered cloudiness across the region allowed the 4-km resolution GOES-13 3.9 µm shortwave IR channel image... Read More
Strong southwesterly winds ahead of an advancing cold front caused large areas of blowing dust across parts of the “Four Corners” region of the western US on 16 April 2013. Wind gusts were as high as 68 mph at Winslow, Arizona — and... Read More
