Tornado and Severe Thunderstorms Strike Oklahoma

A supercell thunderstorm system spawned a destructive tornado near Oklahoma City on May 20, 2013.

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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. NASA Earth Observatory animation by Robert Simmon, using images from GOES Project Science. Caption by Mike Carlowicz and Adam Voiland.

Published May 22, 2013
Data acquired May 20, 2013

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response