NOAA’s GOES-East (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) collected this view of the storm system that spawned a deadly tornado on May 20, 2013, over Moore, Oklahoma. The downloadable animation runs from 10:45 a.m. through 6:45 p.m., Central Daylight Time.
NASA Earth Observatory animation by Robert Simmon, using images from GOES Project Science.
A supercell thunderstorm system spawned a destructive tornado near Oklahoma City on May 20, 2013.
The ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this wide view of the destruction wrought by the May 20, 2013, tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.
