{"id":30106,"date":"2018-10-02T23:59:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=30106"},"modified":"2018-10-06T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T16:02:04","slug":"severe-thunderstorms-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/30106","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorms in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC storm reports plotted in red [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed severe thunderstorms that moved across Pennsylvania on 02 October 2018, producing large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes (SPC storm reports<\/strong><\/a>). A parallax<\/strong><\/a>-corrected version of the animation — which shifts the location of SPC storm reports northwestward<\/em>, to be more closely aligned with the storm-top features (assumed to be at a mean altitude of 12 km, based on 00 UTC Pittsburgh rawinsonde data<\/strong><\/a>) seen on satellite imagery — is available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> indicated that the coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were in the -60 to -70\u00baC range (red to black enhancement)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC storm reports plotted in purple [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>
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Updated listing of confirmed tornadoes from Tuesday's outbreak. 19 tornadoes have been confirmed with 14 tornadoes in PA, 3 in NY, and 2 in CT. 4 of the tornadoes were EF-2, 9 were EF-1, and 6 were EF-0. pic.twitter.com\/xst6J9hhBI<\/a><\/p>\n

— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) October 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n