April Tornado Outbreak Seen by NASA Satellite

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Video from a NASA satellite captured the tornado outbreak over the Great Plains earlier this month that resulted in 135 tornado reports and 124 warnings over just two days.
Between April 14 and 15, tornadoes and hailstorms popped up across parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma as the result of a collision of two air masses: Dry air from over the Mojave Dessert crashed into moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. When these two different types of air meet, the ideal conditions for convection, and thus severe thunderstorms, is created.   more...