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<\/a>GOES-14 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>A strong occluded mid-latitude cyclone moved from the central Plains northeastward across the Upper Midwest on 02 February 2016 (surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>). This storm produced a variety of precipitation, most notably heavy snow — exceeding 12 inches at some locations in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (map<\/strong><\/a>) — and blizzard conditions. One-minute interval Super Rapid Scan (SRSO-R<\/a><\/strong>) GOES-14 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images (above; <\/strong>also available as a large 151-Mbyte animated GIF<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> showed the cloud-top shadows and textured appearance that is indicative of embedded convection — in fact, many sites in Iowa and southern Wisconsin reported thundersnow which produced snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour.<\/p>\n Farther to the south, as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was drawn northward (GOES-14 sounder Total Precipitable Water<\/strong><\/a> derived product images) in advance of the eastward-moving cold frontal boundary (surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>) associated with the aforementioned Upper Midwest storm, areas of strong to severe thunderstorms developed across the Mississippi River and Tennessee River Valley regions during the afternoon and evening hours. GOES-14 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images (below; <\/strong>also available as a large 208-Mbyte <\/em>animated GIF<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> showed the cold cloud-top IR brightness temperatures (orange to red color enhancement)<\/em> exhibited by the widespread convective activity.<\/p>\n GOES-14 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div> GOES-14 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>Taking a closer look at the severe thunderstorms which produced multiple tornadoes from eastern Mississippi\u00a0 into far western Alabama (SPC storm reports<\/strong><\/a>), GOES-14 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images (above; <\/strong>also available as a large 66-Mbyte animated GIF<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> revealed numerous overshooting tops; the counties where tornadoes were reported are indicated by their dashed red outlines. Another visible image animation from RAMMB\/CIRA is available here<\/strong><\/a>. NWS storm damage surveys (Jackson MS<\/strong><\/a> | Birmingham AL<\/strong><\/a>) found EF-1 to EF-2 damage in both Mississippi and Alabama.<\/p>\n The corresponding GOES-14 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images (below; <\/strong>also available as a large 37-Mbyte animated GIF<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> indicated that the coldest cloud-top IR brightness temperatures were in the -50\u00ba to -60\u00ba range (darker orange to red color enhancement),<\/em> which was at or above the tropopause level according the Jackson MS<\/strong><\/a> and Birmingham AL<\/strong><\/a> rawinsonde data.<\/p>\n![\"GOES-14](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/02\/800x800_AGOES14_B4_AL_CONV_2016034_080000.GIF\")
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<\/a>![animated GIF<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> revealed numerous overshooting tops; the counties where tornadoes were reported are indicated by their dashed red outlines. Another visible image animation from RAMMB\/CIRA is available](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/02\/160202_goes14_visible_zoom_MS_AL_thunderstorms_anim.gif\"){kind=link}