1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images with time-matched SPC Storm Reports (above) showed widespread thunderstorms that moved northward across the High Plains during the afternoon and evening hours on 20 May 2020. There were Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes associated with many of these severe storms (VISIT training).The corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images are shown... Read More

Dam failures in central lower Michigan along the Tittabawassee River (one of the rivers in the Saginaw Bay basin) caused extensive flooding on 20 May 2020 in Midland County, including the city of Midland. Much of this region received between 4 and 5 inches of rain in the past week (analysis, from this site).... Read More