GPM Views Severe Weather And Heavy Rain in the U.S.

GPM Views Severe Weather And Heavy Rain

GPM Views Severe Weather And Heavy Rain

The GPM satellite flew above storms in the southwestern United States this morning (March 9, 2016) at 1011 UTC (5:11 CST). Severe weather has been moving slowly through this area for the past couple days. Two tornadoes developed in north central Texas yesterday morning (March 8, 2016). This morning rain was measured by GPM's Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instrument falling at the extreme rate of over 148 mm (5.8 inches) in one powerful storm over eastern Texas. GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) found that a few thunderstorm tops in this area were reaching altitudes above 13.7 km (8.5 miles). 

Click here to see a 1280x720 (Quicktime) flyby animation using GPM Radar data.

Click here to see a 1280x720 (MPEG) animation flyby animation using GPM Radar data.

GPM Views Severe Weather And Heavy Rain

Flash flood and severe weather warnings were issued for parts of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas this morning. Precipitation accumulation estimates are shown for this area during the period from March 2-9, 2016 using data collected by NASA's Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG). These estimates indicate that rainfall totals were already over 376 mm (14.8 inches) in areas of heavy rainfall from Texas through Arkansas.

 

Click here to see a 1280x720 (Quicktime) rainfall accumulation animation.

Click here to see a 1280x720 (MPEG) rainfall accumulation animation. Images and captions by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC).

Images and caption by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC)