5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images that included an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density (above) revealed 2 brief flashes of lightning activity in southern Wisconsin during the afternoon hours on 02 April 2024. Heavy thundersnow (+TSSN) was reported at Madison (station identifier KMSN) at 2047 UTC and 2053 UTC, with the thunderstorm... Read More

Morning convection on 2 April caused a swath of wind damage across (mostly northern) Kentucky, as shown in the Storm Reports below (from the SPC Website). The animation above shows the GOES-16 Clean Window Infrared (Band 13, 10.3 µm) imagery from to 1421. The strong convection shows includes cold cloud tops that last... Read More