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Beginning on March 24, 2023, NOAA satellites monitored severe storms

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that caused widespread damage from Texas to the Mid-Atlantic.

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The storms produced high winds, hail, flooding, and tornadoes.

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The first tornadoes touched down near Poolville, Texas, 
where an EF-1 tornado injured five people.

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High winds and 38 tornadoes were reported when the storms

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moved through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.

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The town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi was struck by an EF-4 tornado that

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killed 26 people in total, injured dozens more,
and damaged buildings and utilities.

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The storm system also produced large hail 
over two inches in diameter in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

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GOES East watched the storm barrel across the 
Southeast in near real-time.

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The satellite’s lightning mapper measured lightning with the storms.

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Rapid increases in lightning activity
 often precede severe and tornadic thunderstorms.

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GOES East also captured infrared imagery that revealed

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the structure of the storm and where it was the most intense.

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Meanwhile, NOAA-20 measured the cloud top height

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and captured images with its VIIRS instrument.

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When severe weather strikes, NOAA satellites will be on watch.

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Earth From Orbit: Violent Storms Tear Through the South

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Additional imagery courtesy of CIMSS and SSEC.

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