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<\/a>GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute GOES-16\u00a0(GOES-East)<\/em>\u00a0Mesoscale Domain Sector \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(above)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0included time-matched (+\/- 3 minutes) plots of\u00a0SPC Storm Reports<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 which showed severe thunderstorms that moved east-northeastward across parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on 26 February 2023<\/strong><\/a>. The hazy signature of blowing dust was apparent along the New Mexico \/ Texas border region, along and ahead of an approaching cold front.<\/p>\n 1-minute GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images with plots of time-matched SPC Storm Reports (below)<\/strong><\/em> indicated that the coldest cloud tops associated with many of the storms exhibited infrared brightness temperatures around -60\u00baC range (darker red enhancement). These thunderstorms produced numerous tornadoes (the 12 in Oklahoma was a record for the month of February<\/strong><\/a>), hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter in Texas and Oklahoma, and damaging wind gusts as strong as 114 mph<\/strong><\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, with time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>The GOES-16 Lifted Index<\/strong><\/a> (LI) derived product (below)<\/strong><\/em> displayed a corridor of instability with LI values as low as -5\u00baC (brighter red enhancement) extending northward from Texas into Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<\/a>