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Satellites Spot Tornado Tracks Across Midwest

Preliminary reports suggest one tornado may have traveled nearly 200 miles, causing severe damage and human losses in Kentucky and three other states.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published December 13, 2021
Data acquired December 3 - 12, 2021

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night