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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 |\u00a0MP4<\/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\u00a0(above)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0included time-matched (+\/- 3 minutes) plots of\u00a0SPC Storm Reports<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 which showed severe thunderstorms that moved eastward and southeastward across parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas on 19 September 2023<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 1-minute GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(below)<\/strong><\/em> indicated that the coldest pulsing overshooting tops associated many of the storms exhibited infrared brightness temperatures in the -60 to -65\u00baC range (darker shades of red). These thunderstorms produced a tornado in Kansas, hail up to 2.75 inches in diameter in Texas and damaging winds up to 74 mph in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, with time-matched SPC Storm Reports plotted in blue [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 Visible images with overlays of the CAPE, Lifted Index<\/strong><\/a> and Total Precipitable Water<\/strong><\/a> derived products (below)<\/strong><\/em> showed that these storms intensified as they moved into a corridor of instability and moisture. CAPE values were as high as 1400 J\/kg, LI values reached -6\u00baC and TPW values exceeded 1.60 in.<\/p>\n<\/a>