Anatomy of a Super Storm
On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US. SciShow News takes a look at those deadly storms using the latest, high-resolution...
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On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US, spawning flooding and tornadoes that killed at least 20 people. The Monday afterward, I saw this satellite animation on Twitter. It showed the thunderstorms’ formation and movement across the US, and I was like, wow … that is very cool and a little bit unlike any satellite image I’ve ever seen of a storm. I wrote a note to the National Weather Service saying that I wanted to know everything about this storm’s formation, and they wrote me back and then I gave them my phone number and then they called me because I have a very cool life. So here’s why that satellite animation looks so impressive, and how it shows the perfect comb...
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On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US, spawning flooding and tornadoes that killed at least 20 people. The Monday afterward, I saw this satellite animation on Twitter. It showed the thunderstorms’ formation and movement across the US, and I was like, wow … that is very cool and a little bit unlike any satellite image I’ve ever seen of a storm. I wrote a note to the National Weather Service saying that I wanted to know everything about this storm’s formation, and they wrote me back and then I gave them my phone number and then they called me because I have a very cool life. So here’s why that satellite animation looks so impressive, and how it shows the perfect comb...
