A major outbreak of severe convection developed across the southern and central Plains states during the day on 28 March and 29 March 2007; large and long-lived thunderstorms produced widespread tornadoes (including fatal tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma, and the first tornado-related fatality in Colorado since 1960), large hail (up to 4.5 inches... Read More
A very large and long-lived Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over Texas during the pre-dawn hours on 12 March 2007, which produced reports of tornadoes, hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter, and damaging winds up to 95 mph (SPC storm reports). AWIPS images of the GOES-12 10.7µm InfraRed (IR) channel (above; QuickTime animation) shows... Read More
A powerful winter storm produced widespread heavy snow and freezing rain across much of the central US during the 28–31 December 2006 period — total snowfall amounts included 58 inches in New Mexico, 44 inches in Colorado, 32 inches in Kansas, 16 inches in Nebraska and North Dakota, and 15... Read More
On 12 December 2006 (Day 6 of the GOES-13 post-launch NOAA Science Test), the GOES-13 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode, providing images at 30-second intervals for the entire day. A 200-image QuickTime animation of visible imagery (above) shows the development of convection along an advancing cold frontal boundary during the... Read More
