{"id":36849,"date":"2020-05-22T23:59:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T23:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=36849"},"modified":"2020-05-25T20:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T20:37:32","slug":"severe-thunderstorms-in-texas-and-oklahoma-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/36849","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorms in Texas and Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports<\/strong> <\/a>(above)<\/strong> <\/em>showed the development of thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds in parts of southwestern Oklahoma and far northern Texas on 22 May 2020<\/strong><\/a>. Of particular note was the 5.33-inch diameter hail that fell in Burkburnett, Texas — reported at 2340 UTC<\/strong><\/a>. A number of\u00a0Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume<\/strong><\/a> (AACP) features were seen with these storms (VISIT training<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

The corresponding GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed pulsing overshooting tops which exhibited cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures as cold as -80\u00baC (violet pixels)<\/em>. According to 20 UTC rawinsonde data<\/a><\/strong> from Fort Worth, Texas this temperature represented an overshoot of the Equilibrium Level of approximately 2 km.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC storm reports plotted in cyan [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>
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1\/n Regarding Friday’s Burkburnett, TX 5.33″ diameter #hail<\/a>…(Photo: ToniRieScott\/FB)<\/p>\n

NOAA’s Storm Events Database documented 24 other 5″+ hail events in Texas since 1950.<\/p>\n

The last one was almost exactly 1 year ago (5\/20\/2019) in Collingsworth County. pic.twitter.com\/RFABUIlglQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jonathan Erdman (@wxjerdman) May 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n