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May 3, 1999, was an extremely violent and deadly day in America's Great Plains. In this NOAA-15 AVHRR satellite image from 8:10 PM CDT that day, you can see the stunning architecture of the supercell thunderstorms illuminated by the low sun angle.

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English: May 3, 1999, was an extremely violent and deadly day in America's Great Plains. In this NOAA-15 AVHRR satellite image from 8:10 PM CDT that day, you can see the stunning architecture of the supercell thunderstorms illuminated by the low sun angle. Over a 21-hour period from May 3-4, a severe weather outbreak across northern Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas spawned many tornadoes that killed at least 46 people. One of the most deadly and damaging tornadoes was the F5 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado, where a mobile Doppler on Wheels radar detected tornado wind speeds as high as 301 mph (+/- 20 mph). Another violent tornado, known as the Haysville Tornado, struck Wichita, Kansas, just 20 minutes after this image was taken, causing more deaths and destruction.
Date Taken on 3 May 1999
Source Great Plains Tornado Outbreak, 1999
Author NOAASatellites
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700830227. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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