GPM Sees Spawning of Tornadoes Over Florida (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The GPM core observatory satellite flew above a line of tornado spawning storms that were moving through the Florida panhandle on May 24, 2017, at 10:26 a.m. EDT. GPM data showed the storm tops located north of the extreme storms in the Gulf of Mexico reached altitudes above 9.2 mile (16 km) dropping rain at a rate of over 8.5 inches (215 mm) per hour.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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