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Orbital View: Intense Weather Weekend for the United States

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
May 11, 2015
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Orbital View: Intense Weather Weekend for the United States
Weather on 110 May 2015
NOAA/NASA

The United States has endured 8 straight days through May 10 with tornado reports from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado, including 52 reports on May 6, 53 reports on May 9 and 26 reports on May 10.
On the east coast, Tropical Storm Ana made landfall Sunday morning May 10, at 6:00 AM EST, 1000 UTC, midway between Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with sustained winds of 45 MPH.

This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument around 1915Z on May 10, 2015

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