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![On This Day in 1925, the U.S. Suffered Its Worst Tornado in History](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
March 18, 2020 On this day 95 years ago, the U.S.suffered its worst single-tornado in history—-the Tri-State Tornado.…
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![GOES East Watched North Atlantic Cyclone Pummel Iceland Over the Weekend](/s3/migrated/20200322-greenlandlow.jpg)
On Sunday, March 22, 2020, the GOES East satellite captured imagery of a large extratropical mid-latitude cyclone in the…
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![Multiple Winter Storms Are Moving Across the U.S.](/s3/migrated/20200122_NorthAmerica.png)
The GOES East satellite captured this Geocolor image of the United States as the sun rose over the East Coast on Jan. 22,…
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![Bushfire Envelops New South Wales in Australia](/s3/migrated/20191112-australiafirestimhillvillelp.jpg)
The Suomi-NPP satellite captured this True Color image of the eastern coast of Australia viewing bush fires.
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![New Satellite Instrument takes guesswork out of Flossie's Nightime Track](/s3/2021-09/Flossie-CombinedDNB-0729_sm.png)
A powerful sensor onboard the Suomi NPP satellite played a critical role in locating the position of Tropical Storm Flossie.
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![NOAA'S JPSS-1 SATELLITE BEGINS ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING](/s3/2021-10/news-images-81-b.jpg)
NOAA’s JPSS-1 satellite, the second in the JPSS series of satellites, slated to launch in 2017, is currently going through…
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![GOES East Satellite Zooms in on California’s Dixie and Fly Fires](/s3/2021-07/20210722000000_dixiefire.gif)
NOAA satellites are continuing to monitor the blazing wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada.
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![Strong Winds Carry Dust and Fan Flames in the Southwest](/s3/2022-04/New%20Mexico%20Dust%20Storm%20Thumbnail%2004252022.png)
On Earth Day, April 22, NOAA’s GOES East satellite watched strong winds kick up dust and sand in West Texas and New Mexico.
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![Mesmerizing “Cloud Streets” Stream Off Lake Michigan](/s3/2024-01/mes-geo-color-clouds-michigan-january-2024.png)
NOAA’s GOES East satellite used its Advanced Baseline Imager to capture this mesmerizing GeoColor image of cloud streets…
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![Satellite Snapshot: Severe Storms Slam Houston](/s3/2024-05/202405162200-202405170045_g16_meso_band2glm_houston-slammed-by-severe-storms_labels-1-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif)
NOAA’s GOES East captured Texas storms from above in this visible imagery, which also shows frequent lighting observed with…
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![Large Haboob Blows Across the High Plains](/s3/migrated/20201011_plainshaboob.gif)
On Oct. 11, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite watched a huge wall of dust blow more than 300 miles from eastern Colorado to…
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![Hydrology Initiative](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
JPSS program satellites monitor all types of water globally through weather satellite data. This initiative seeks to best…
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![GOES-18 Goes West: Satellite Continues Post-Launch Testing to Prepare for Operations](/s3/2022-06/2022_06_14_GOES18GoesWest_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
NOAA’s newest weather satellite, GOES-18, is now sending back data from its new post-launch testing position at 136.8…
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![Earth from Orbit: NOAA’s GOES-18 is now GOES West](/s3/2023-01/2023_01_04_GOES-18_Now_GOES_West.png)
NOAA’s operational satellite fleet has a new member. GOES-18 entered service as GOES West on Jan. 4, 2023.
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![GOES-East Watches Supercells Split as Powerful Storm System Moves Eastward](/s3/migrated/20200412_SplitStorms.png)
GOES-East satellite has been monitoring severe thunderstorms that brought torrential rain, destructive winds.