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<\/a>GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) and \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, with Local Storm Reports plotted in cyan\u00a0 [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute\u00a0Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0GOES-16\u00a0(GOES-East)<\/em>\u00a0\u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed thunderstorms that produced several tornadoes, hail up to 4.00 inches in diameter, wind gusts to 81 mph and heavy rainfall (SPC Storm Reports<\/strong><\/a>) across northeast Colorado, northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska on 10 May 2023<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 1-minute GOES-16 Infrared images\u00a0(below)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0include an overlay of\u00a0GLM<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Flash Extent Density<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 most of the storms exhibited only modest lightning activity, although a few brief lightning jumps were evident.<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, with an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 Visible\/Infrared Sandwich RGB images at 2213 UTC and 2218 UTC (below)<\/strong><\/em> include a cursor sampling of the associated Rainfall Rate (red), Cloud Top Phase (yellow) and Cloud Top Height (green) Level 2 Derived Products over the location of Local Storm Reports of Heavy Rainfall and Flash Flooding in northwest Kansas. As discussed in this TOWR-S Satellite Book Club presentation<\/strong><\/a>, beginning with TOWR-S RPM 22 various types of “GOES RGBs w\/Derived Product Readouts” are available in AWIPS under Satellite -> Local Menu Items<\/strong><\/a>, which includes these options<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>