1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) include time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in cyan — and showed several tornadoes and hail up to 4.50 inches in diameter across Arkansas early in the evening on 11 April 2022. One of the larger tornadoes prompted the issuance of... Read More
Thunderstorms were slowly but surely edging their way dangerously close to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL, on April 2nd. The New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves had just completed a spring training game at the stadium, when two people were struck by lightning in one of the parking lots surrounding the stadium (they were... Read More
SPC Storm Reports from 5 April 2022 note a Tornado hit Allendale SC shortly before 2000 UTC. The animation above shows the ProbSevere (version 2 — available online here) display prior to and just after the tornado. NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere identifies and tracks the radar feature associated with this tornadic storm. ProbSevere is designed to give... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) include time-matched SPC Storm Reports — and showed the widespread severe weather produced by thunderstorms (many of which were associated with a squall line that developed ahead of a cold front) moving eastward across the Mid-South and Deep South on 30 March 2022.The corresponding 1-minute GOES-16 “Red”... Read More
