NASA's GPM Satellite Examines Tornadic Thunderstorms (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's GPM Satellite Examines Tornadic Thunderstorms

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The GPM core observatory satellite flew over the southern U.S. on March 31, 2016, at 10:41 p.m. EDT (April 1, 2016, at 2:41 a.m. UTC) where a tornado was reported near Hartselle, Alabama, less than an hour before the satellite passed over. Rain was falling at more than 91 mm (3.6 inches) per hour east of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Storm tops in Alabama reached above 12 km (7.4 miles). This image represents observed rainfall rates per hour.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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