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![Scientists gain better understanding of icy plumes associated with violent tornadoes](/s3/2021-09/4.jpeg)
“[We’re] interested in how much water is injected into the stratosphere by thunderstorms”
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![A View of Deadly Minnesota Thunderstorms from Earth Orbit](/s3/2021-07/%20Minnesota%20Thunderstorms.png)
At least two tornadoes touched down across parts of west-central and north-central Minnesota on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
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![NOAA Satellite Images Show Major Flooding Along Rivers in the Southeast U.S.](/s3/migrated/Flood_N20_022419_1830Z_labels.png)
The severe storms that brought tornadoes, damaging winds, rain, and hail to the Southeast over the weekend, leaving tens…
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![Earth from Orbit: Severe Storms Strike Southern U.S.](/s3/2021-07/storms169.png)
A severe weather outbreak swept across the Southern U.S. and produced damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes including EF2s in…
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![GIS Mapping With JPSS Data](/s3/2023-08/gis-thumb.jpg)
This activity guides students through the process of making a basic GIS map showing tornado touchdowns.
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![Severe Weather](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Severe weather is classified as a series of events that can cause destructive or deadly effects on the ground. It…
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![Improving Severe Weather Forecasts With LEO and GEO Satellite Observations](/s3/2022-09/GeoXO_Sounder_Tornado.png)
Predicting severe weather events like tornadoes is tricky, and forecasters need high resolution atmospheric data from…
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![Thunderstorms Race Across the Midwest](/s3/2024-05/202405071901-202405080126_g16_conus_geocolorglm_midwest-tornadic-severe_labels-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif)
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms push across the Midwest that spawned several damaging…
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![Earth from Orbit: Supercells Strike Louisiana and Texas](/s3/2021-06/2021_05_20_SupercellsTXLA_TITLE_TEXT_Still.png)
Severe storms struck the South Central U.S. (Louisiana and Texas), producing heavy rain, extensive flooding, damaging winds…
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![Monumental U.S. Storm Brings Severe Winter Weather Coast to Coast](/s3/2023-03/2023_03_02_Winter_Storm_Coast_to_Coast_STILL.png)
A massive winter storm recently made its way across the U.S. Parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas were blasted by severe…
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![Earth from Orbit: Texas Dry Line Drives Storms](/s3/2021-06/Texas_dry_line_still_graphic_0.jpeg)
Severe thunderstorms struck Texas. The storms formed along a dry line—a boundary between moist and dry air. The storms…
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![Severe Thunderstorms Race through the Midwest](/s3/2024-07/2024_07_19_SevereThunderstormsRaceThroughMidwest_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
Parts of the Midwest are cleaning up after thunderstorms barreled through the region on the night of Monday, July 15, 2024,…
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![Slow Moving Storms Flood Texas](/s3/2024-05/GOES-16-Flooding-storms-for-eastern-Texas-April-28-2024.png)
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding rain…
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![JPSS Simple Paper Model](/s3/2022-02/jpss-model-1.png)
Hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, and severe snowfalls happen more often than ever. We rely on spacecraft orbiting Earth to…
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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.