Acquired May 4, 2011, this false-color image shows a tornado track near Birmingham, Alabama.
Land Severe Storms
Image of the Day Land Severe Storms
Acquired May 2, 2011, this natural-color image shows a tornado track through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the wake of a series of violent storms in the U.S. Southeast.
An EF-4 tornado left its mark on northern Illinois before devastating a small farming community.
Image of the Day Land Severe Storms Remote Sensing
A pale green swath in this Landsat image from April 28, 2011, reveals the path of a tornado outside of Griffin, Georgia.
Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows part of the track of an EF3 tornado that tore through Massachusetts on June 1.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Severe Storms
Acquired May 30, 2011, this false-color image shows the track left by the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011.
Atmosphere Land Severe Storms
Scientists at Marshall Space Flight Center use satellite imagery to help meteorologists assess the scope of damage caused by tornadoes.
Image of the Day Land Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
Brown tracks show the paths of tornadoes across and around Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in this image from April 28, 2011.
Powerful thunderstorms moving through eastern Texas and western Louisiana spawned several tornadoes, including some that caused major damage.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Severe Storms Human Presence
A supercell thunderstorm system spawned a destructive tornado near Oklahoma City on May 20, 2013.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Severe Storms
This image, from April 28, 2011, shows the paths of two extremely strong tornadoes across Mississippi and Alabama.
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