TRMM Satellite Flew over Adrian When It was a Tropical Depression on June 7, 2011 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TRMM Satellite Flew over Adrian When It was a Tropical Depression on June 7, 2011

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The TRMM satellite flew over Adrian when it was a tropical depression on June 7, 2011, at 1717 UTC (1:17 p.m. EDT) and noticed strong, towering thunderstorms (hot towers in red) that were as high as 15 km (9.3 miles) around its center of circulation, indicating strengthening. Bands of rainfall were also starting to get organized.

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Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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