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En del kanske vet att det har varit en del problem med Tornados i Texas och Louisiana med flera stater i USA nu i veckan. Dessa stormar har varit ovanligt kraftfulla, bland annat slets lastbilar rätt upp ur gatan. En av NASAs satelliter fanns i närheten och samlade lite data över vad som hände. Det har nu omvandlats till en liten gif som tydligt ger en bild av hur kraftiga stormarna var.
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite provides a look at thunderstorms in three dimensions and shows scientists the heights of the thunderclouds and the rainfall rates coming from them, both of which indicate severity.
Powerful thunderstorms that created severe weather were more than 8 miles high. NOAA's National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center received 18 reports of tornadoes occurring on April 3 over northeastern Texas. Some of these very destructive storms dropped softball sized hail as they passed to the south of the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
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