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On October 22, thunderstorms moved through eastern Texas. One feature that stood out was the number of lightning flashes that extended well beyond the main convective line of storms.
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English: On October 22, thunderstorms moved through eastern Texas. One feature that stood out was the number of lightning flashes that extended well beyond the main convective line of storms.
NOAA's GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) observed lightning extending from Austin, Texas, all the way to northeast of Tyler, Texas, a distance of nearly 230 miles! Credit: NASA SPoRT Learn more about GLM at www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/glm.html. Note: This is preliminary, non-operational data as GOES-16 undergoes on-orbit testing. |
| Date | Taken on 1 November 2017, 10:46:21 |
| Source | GOES-16 Captures Long Lightning Flash in Texas |
| Author | NOAASatellites |
| Flickr set | GOES-16 Preliminary Data and Imagery |
| Flickr tags | lightning; goesr; weathersatellite; nesdis; glm; texas; noaa; nasa; geostationarylightningmapper; noaasatellites; goes16; lightningdetection; goesrseries; bestof; geostationarysatellites |
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