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Severe Thunderstorms for the Central United States

Phenomena:
Thunderstorms,
thunderstorms

Overshooting Tops,
overshooting-tops

Satellite:
GOES-19,
goes-19

Product:
GeoColor,
geocolor
Infrared (band 13),
infrared-band-13

Instrument:
ABI,
abi

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Timespan: 2026/05/17 18:01 - 2026/05/18 14:41 UTC
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Lighting From Storms Spark Wildfires in the Southern Plains

Phenomena:
Lightning,
lightning
Thunderstorms,
thunderstorms
Wildfires,
wildfires

Smoke,
smoke
Wind,
wind

Satellite:
GOES-19,
goes-19

Product:
Fire Temperature,
fire-temperature
GeoColor,
geocolor
Group Energy Density,
glm-group-energy-density

Instrument:
ABI,
abi
GLM,
glm

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Timespan: 2026/05/14 19:00 - 2026/05/15 03:29 UTC
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Massive Dust Storm Blows Over the High Plains

Phenomena:
Dust,
dust
Non-tropical Cyclone,
non-tropical-cyclone

Dust Storms,
dust-storms
Mid-latitude Cyclones,
mid-latitude-cyclones

Satellite:
GOES-18,
goes-18
GOES-19,
goes-19

Product:
GeoColor,
geocolor

Instrument:
ABI,
abi

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Timespan: 2026/05/15 00:20 - 2026/05/15 00:20 UTC
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Swirly Upper-Level Low Kicks up a Dust Storm

Phenomena:
Dust,
dust
Non-tropical Cyclone,
non-tropical-cyclone

Dust Storms,
dust-storms
Mid-latitude Cyclones,
mid-latitude-cyclones

Satellite:
NOAA-20,
noaa-20
NOAA-21,
noaa-21
S-NPP,
s-npp

Product:
CVD Dust,
cvd-dust
True Color RGB,
true-color-rgb

Instrument:
VIIRS,
viirs

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Timespan: 2026/05/14 18:40 - 2026/05/14 20:21 UTC
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Beautiful von Kármáns off Cabo Verde

Phenomena:
Cloud Formations,
cloud-formations
Dust,
dust

Von Kármán Vortices,
von-karman-vortices

Satellite:
Meteosat-12,
meteosat-12

Product:
GeoColor,
geocolor

Instrument:
ABI,
abi

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Timespan: 2026/05/14 08:00 - 2026/05/14 19:20 UTC
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Large Low Swirls Over the South Pacific Ocean

Phenomena:
Non-tropical Cyclone,
non-tropical-cyclone

Mid-latitude Cyclones,
mid-latitude-cyclones

Satellite:
GOES-18,
goes-18

Product:
GeoProxy,
geoproxy

Instrument:
ABI,
abi

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Timespan: 2026/05/10 16:00 - 2026/05/14 18:30 UTC
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Blowing Dust in Montana and North Dakota

Phenomena:
Dust,
dust

Dust Storms,
dust-storms

Satellite:
GOES-19,
goes-19

Product:
GeoColor,
geocolor

Instrument:
ABI,
abi

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Timespan: 2026/05/14 13:00 - 2026/05/14 17:21 UTC
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Severe Thunderstorms in the Eastern and Western United States

Phenomena:
Lightning,
lightning
Thunderstorms,
thunderstorms

Satellite:
GOES-18,
goes-18
GOES-19,
goes-19

Product:
GeoColor,
geocolor
Group Energy Density,
glm-group-energy-density

Instrument:
ABI,
abi
GLM,
glm

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Timespan: 2026/05/13 18:30 - 2026/05/13 20:39 UTC

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