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Tornadoes Sweep across Midwest and Appalachians

The interaction of warm and wet air from the Gulf of Mexico with the cold and dry jet stream caused an outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the eastern U.S.


Images by Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NOAA-NASA GOES Project. Animation by Robert Simmon. Caption by Robert Simmon and Michon Scott.

Published March 6, 2012
Data acquired March 2, 2012

Source:
GOES