Thunderstorms Rumble over the Great Plains

A nocturnal low-level jet stream brings large thunderstorms across the U.S. Midwest each summer.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Thunderstorms Rumble over the Great Plains.

NASA Earth Observatory images and video by Joshua Stevens, using Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission data courtesy of Jackson Tan/USRA/NASA/GSFC. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published October 7, 2020
Data acquired 2001 - 2018