{"id":24235,"date":"2017-06-26T21:59:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T21:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=24235"},"modified":"2017-06-28T22:40:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T22:40:03","slug":"rainhail-swath-in-nebraska-and-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/24235","title":{"rendered":"Rain\/hail swath in Nebraska and Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOES16?src=hash\">#GOES16<\/a> RGB imagery shows rain and hail swath from a t-storm today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEwx?src=hash\">#NEwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KSwx?src=hash\">#KSwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFooa7C5KZ\">pic.twitter.com\/pFooa7C5KZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Hastings (@NWSHastings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSHastings\/status\/879446210142187524\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>** GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing **<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As indicated in the Tweet above from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.gov\/gid\/\">NWS Hastings<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0GOES-16 imagery highlighted the presence of a narrow swath of rainfall and hail in the wake of a small thunderstorm that moved south\/southeastward across the Nebraska\/Kansas state line area on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20170626.html\">26 June 2017<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A 3-panel comparison of GOES-16 Visible (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/education\/docs\/ABI-bands-FS\/ABI%20Fact%20Sheet%20Band%202.pdf\">0.64 \u00b5m<\/a><\/strong>), Snow\/Ice (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/education\/docs\/ABI-bands-FS\/ABI_Band%205_snow-ice_factsheet_FINAL.pdf\"><strong>1.61\u00a0 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/education\/docs\/ABI-bands-FS\/ABIBand7ShortwaveWindowFINAL.pdf\"><strong>3.9\u00a0 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images<em><strong> (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed a subtle signature of the hail swath on the Snow\/Ice images <em>(where ice features appear as darker shades of gray:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/960x427_GOES16A_B257_G16_3PANEL_NE_HAIL_SWATH_26JUN2017_2017177_193219_0003PANELS.GIF\"><strong>southern NE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/960x427_GOES16A_B257_G16_3PANEL_NE_HAIL_SWATH_26JUN2017_2017177_210719_0003PANELS.GIF\"><strong>northern KS<\/strong><\/a>),<\/em> while the Shortwave Infrared images showed that the hail and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170627_12utc_24hour_NE_KS_precipitation.jpeg\">rainfall swath<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170627_kgid_rtp.text\">accumulations<\/a><\/strong> in southern Kansas included 0.58&#8243; at Clay Center and 0.49&#8243; at Hebron &#8212; remained slightly cooler<em> (lighter gray)<\/em> as the adjacent dry land surfaces continued to warm during the early to middle afternoon hours. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/climo\/reports\/170626_rpts.html\">SPC storm reports<\/a><\/strong> listed hail of 1.75 inches in diameter in southern Nebraska and 1.25 inches in northern Kansas.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170626_goes16_Visible_SnowIce_ShortwaveInfrared_spc_storm_reports_NE_KS_rain_hail_swath_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/960x427_GOES16A_B257_G16_3PANEL_NE_HAIL_SWATH_26JUN2017_2017177_185719_0003PANELS.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, left), Snow\/Ice (1.61 \u00b5m, center) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, right) images, with hourly surface reports plotted in yellow and SPC storm reports of hail size plotted in red [click to play MP4 animation]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, left), Snow\/Ice (1.61 \u00b5m, center) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, right) images, with hourly surface reports plotted in yellow and SPC storm reports of hail size plotted in red [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>Regarding the cooling seen associated with the rainfall\/hail swath, a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/MODIS_LST_20170626_2007.png\">Land Surface Temperature<\/a><\/strong> (LST) product derived using Aqua MODIS data <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> indicated that LST values were generally in the upper 60s to upper 70s F within the narrow swath,\u00a0 in contrast to LST values in the 90s to around 100\u00ba F adjacent to the swath.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170626_2007utc_aqua_modis_LandSurfaceTemperature_Visible_InfraredWindow_ShortwaveInfrared_NE_KS_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170626_2007utc_aqua_modis_LandSurfaceTemperature_Visible_InfraredWindow_ShortwaveInfrared_NE_KS_anim.gif\" alt=\"Aqua MODIS Land Surface Temperature product, Visible (0.65 \u00b5m), Infrared Window (11.0 \u00b5m) and Shortwave Infrared (3.7 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"518\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aqua MODIS Land Surface Temperature product, Visible (0.65 \u00b5m), Infrared Window (11.0 \u00b5m) and Shortwave Infrared (3.7 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#GOES16 RGB imagery shows rain and hail swath from a t-storm today. #NEwx #KSwx pic.twitter.com\/pFooa7C5KZ \u2014 NWS Hastings (@NWSHastings) June 26, 2017 ** GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing ** As indicated in the Tweet above from\u00a0NWS Hastings,\u00a0GOES-16 imagery highlighted the presence of a narrow swath of 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