McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed the cyclonic circulation of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was moving northeastward across Mississippi on 30 March 2012. This MCV appeared to play a role in helping to initiate new convective cells ahead... Read More
One of the largest severe weather outbreaks on record for the month of March occurred from the Ohio River Valley to the Gulf Coast states on 02 March 2012. This outbreak produced dozens of tornadoes, more than 400 hail reports (as large as... Read More
Severe thunderstorms during the early morning hours of February 29th, 2012 produced several tornadoes over Missouri, including one near Branson, and one near Lebanon. (Annotated SPC storm report map here, originally from here) The GOES-13 enhanced infrared images from 0615 UTC and from 0632 UTC... Read More
Unseasonably strong thunderstorms in the Piedmont on the East Coast produced a variety of severe weather on February 24th. (Storm reports are here.) The image above was produced by the SSEC/CIMSS web map service at 2006 UTC on 24 February and includes radar reflectivities, watches/warnings, storm reports, and satellite-detected cloud... Read More
