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Blizzard Hits Colorado
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Blizzard Hits Colorado |
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Parts of Colorado and Wyoming were engulfed in a record-setting blizzard between March 18 and 19, 2003. The Rocky Mountains were hammered with as much as 87 inches (7.25 feet) of snow in places, and Denver received about 30 inches, which shut down the airport and stranded motorists. Several people lost their lives in snow-related accidents, and more than one hundred roofs collapsed in Denver from the weight of the heavy, wet snow. Avalanche danger skyrocketed, and an avalanche blocked the road to a mountain ski resort, forcing guests and employees to sleep overnight on floors. The danger was too high for them to venture out onto the slopes. This false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows the skies clearing over Colorado and Wyoming on Thursday afternoon (March 20, 2003) at the time of the Terra satellite overpass. In the image, snow on the ground is bright blue, liquid water clouds are white, vegetation is green, naturally bare ground is tan, and water is deep blue. The blanket of snow softens the sharp peaks of the Rockies that are normally visible. The storm left behind a blanket of snow that stretched from Wyoming and Nebraska (top left and right), through Colorado (center), and down into the peaks of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the north-central part of the state. In Colorado, the snow reached well out into the plains. In a state desperate for water, the huge snowfall should provide some relief. However, with temperatures expected rise rapidly by the weekend in places like Denver, residents in the lower elevations must prepare themselves for flooding after what is being reported as the worst blizzard in the last century. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Blizzards in the Western Uni
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Blizzards in the Western United States |
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A series of heavy winter storms pummeled parts of the western United States between December 24, 2003, and January 3, 2004, blanketing the region with deep snow. Salt Lake City, Utah, reported more than six feet of snow, according to news reports. The blizzards that rolled through California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado closed roads, knocked out power, and claimed at least two lives in subsequent avalanches. These Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) images, taken on January 5, 2004, by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, show the extent of the snowfall from California in the west to the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Colorado in the east. The Great Salt Lake is the two-toned body of water in the center of the images. In the top image, shown in true color, only a sliver of green land west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains can be see on the left side of the image?clouds and snow obscure the rest of the landscape. The bottom image shows the same scene in false color. Here, snow and ice are dark red and orange, while clouds are white and peach. Water is black. The false color image helps differentiate between cloud cover and snow and ice on the ground. The high resolution images provided above are at 500 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Blizzards in the Western Uni
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Blizzards in the Western United States |
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A series of heavy winter storms pummeled parts of the western United States between December 24, 2003, and January 3, 2004, blanketing the region with deep snow. Salt Lake City, Utah, reported more than six feet of snow, according to news reports. The blizzards that rolled through California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado closed roads, knocked out power, and claimed at least two lives in subsequent avalanches. These Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) images, taken on January 5, 2004, by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, show the extent of the snowfall from California in the west to the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Colorado in the east. The Great Salt Lake is the two-toned body of water in the center of the images. In the top image, shown in true color, only a sliver of green land west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains can be see on the left side of the image?clouds and snow obscure the rest of the landscape. The bottom image shows the same scene in false color. Here, snow and ice are dark red and orange, while clouds are white and peach. Water is black. The false color image helps differentiate between cloud cover and snow and ice on the ground. The high resolution images provided above are at 500 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Blizzards in the Western Uni
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Blizzards in the Western United States |
| Description |
A series of heavy winter storms pummeled parts of the western United States between December 24, 2003, and January 3, 2004, blanketing the region with deep snow. Salt Lake City, Utah, reported more than six feet of snow, according to news reports. The blizzards that rolled through California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado closed roads, knocked out power, and claimed at least two lives in subsequent avalanches. These Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) images, taken on January 5, 2004, by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, show the extent of the snowfall from California in the west to the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Colorado in the east. The Great Salt Lake is the two-toned body of water in the center of the images. In the top image, shown in true color, only a sliver of green land west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains can be see on the left side of the image?clouds and snow obscure the rest of the landscape. The bottom image shows the same scene in false color. Here, snow and ice are dark red and orange, while clouds are white and peach. Water is black. The false color image helps differentiate between cloud cover and snow and ice on the ground. The high resolution images provided above are at 500 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler, Nebraska |
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*Animations* small animation (1.4 MB QuickTime) large animation (2.5 MB QuickTime) broadcast animation (105 MB QuickTime) On the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2003, severe storms pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas with about a foot (30 cm) of rain, large hailstones, and at least seven tornadoes. The image above shows the tops of the thunderheadswith their characteristic "anvil clouds" extending eastwardat 7:15 p.m. central time. The image above and accompanying animation were produced using NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data. Shortly before this image was acquired, four tornadoes touched down around Deshler, Nebraskaa town of about 900 people located 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Lincoln. The twisters damaged or destroyed at least 100 homes and 25 businesses, according to local news reports. Images courtesy NASA GOES Project Science Office. [ http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ ] Animations by Robert Simmon. |
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler, Nebraska |
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*Animations* small animation (1.4 MB QuickTime) large animation (2.5 MB QuickTime) broadcast animation (105 MB QuickTime) On the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2003, severe storms pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas with about a foot (30 cm) of rain, large hailstones, and at least seven tornadoes. The image above shows the tops of the thunderheadswith their characteristic "anvil clouds" extending eastwardat 7:15 p.m. central time. The image above and accompanying animation were produced using NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data. Shortly before this image was acquired, four tornadoes touched down around Deshler, Nebraskaa town of about 900 people located 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Lincoln. The twisters damaged or destroyed at least 100 homes and 25 businesses, according to local news reports. Images courtesy NASA GOES Project Science Office. [ http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ ] Animations by Robert Simmon. |
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler, Nebraska |
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*Animations* small animation (1.4 MB QuickTime) large animation (2.5 MB QuickTime) broadcast animation (105 MB QuickTime) On the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2003, severe storms pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas with about a foot (30 cm) of rain, large hailstones, and at least seven tornadoes. The image above shows the tops of the thunderheadswith their characteristic "anvil clouds" extending eastwardat 7:15 p.m. central time. The image above and accompanying animation were produced using NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data. Shortly before this image was acquired, four tornadoes touched down around Deshler, Nebraskaa town of about 900 people located 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Lincoln. The twisters damaged or destroyed at least 100 homes and 25 businesses, according to local news reports. Images courtesy NASA GOES Project Science Office. [ http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ ] Animations by Robert Simmon. |
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler, Nebraska |
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*Animations* small animation (1.4 MB QuickTime) large animation (2.5 MB QuickTime) broadcast animation (105 MB QuickTime) On the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2003, severe storms pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas with about a foot (30 cm) of rain, large hailstones, and at least seven tornadoes. The image above shows the tops of the thunderheadswith their characteristic "anvil clouds" extending eastwardat 7:15 p.m. central time. The image above and accompanying animation were produced using NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data. Shortly before this image was acquired, four tornadoes touched down around Deshler, Nebraskaa town of about 900 people located 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Lincoln. The twisters damaged or destroyed at least 100 homes and 25 businesses, according to local news reports. Images courtesy NASA GOES Project Science Office. [ http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ ] Animations by Robert Simmon. |
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Midwest Snow Storm: Natural
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A springtime winter storm du
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midwestsnow_sea2003098
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-04-08 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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midwestsnow_sea2003098 |
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Blizzard Hits Colorado: Imag
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Parts of Colorado and Wyomin
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Colorado.A2003079
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-03-18 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Colorado.A2003079 |
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Blizzards in the Western Uni
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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terra_uswest_05jan04
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-12-24 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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terra_uswest_05jan04 |
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Tornadoes Spawn near Deshler
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Animations eoimages.gsfc.nas
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nebraska_goe_20030622
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-06-22 |
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NASA -- Images courtesy NASA rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ GOES Project Science Office. Animations by Robert Simmon. |
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nebraska_goe_20030622 |
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International Space Station Imagery |
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