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NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms fire up along a dry line situated in west Texas and western Oklahoma on May 23, 2024.

The overarching term “tropical cyclone” describes powerful storms that form around the world, but they are also referred to by a variety of regional names. This article explains why.

NOAA’s GOES East captured Texas storms from above in this visible imagery, which also shows frequent lighting observed with the satellite’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument.

NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms push across the Midwest that spawned several damaging tornadoes.

NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding rain to eastern Texas and Louisiana from April 28–29, 2024.

NOAA satellite imagery captured lightning illuminating the sky across the South as severe thunderstorms charged eastward.

Strong to severe storms were captured moving across the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys via satellite imagery.

NOAA satellites are closely monitoring a strong atmospheric river that has been bringing excessive rainfall, flooding, and high elevation snow.