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NOAA-20 Spies Cyclone Near Black Sea
The VIIRS instrument onboard the NOAA-20 satellite captured this imagery of an unusual mid-latitude cyclone swirling around the Black Sea.
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Earth from Orbit
Earth from Orbit: Texas Dry Line Drives Storms
Severe thunderstorms struck Texas. The storms formed along a dry line—a boundary between moist and dry air. The storms caused hail and tornadoes.
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GOES East Sees Storms Erupt Along Texas Dry Line
GOES East captured amazing visible imagery of large thunderstorms as they erupted over Texas. The Geostationary Lightning Mapper tracked lightning
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Enormous Supercell Moves across Southern Texas
The GOES East satellite watched a massive supercell push across south-central Texas. The storm produced damaging winds and very large hail.
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Feature Story
Revisiting the April 2011 Tornado “Super Outbreak” from Orbit
This week marks the tenth anniversary of one of the largest, deadliest, and most destructive tornado outbreaks in United States.
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Satellite Snapshots
Typhoon Surigae Churns Near the Philippines
April 19, 2021 The Himawari-8 satellite, operated by our partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, is closely monitoring Typhoon Surigae, known in…
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Satellite Snapshots
“Gorilla” Hail Storm Batters Texas
The GOES East satellite, on the evening of April 12, 2021, viewed a supercell thunderstorm bubble up in central Texas, part of several…
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Satellite Snapshots
Two Views of an Explosive Supercell
Both GOES West and GOES East saw an isolated, or discrete, supercell storm burst over East Texas.
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