NASA: US - Oklahoma - A Scarred Landscape in Oklahoma - 05.06.13
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On May 20, 2013, central Oklahoma was devastated by a EF-5 tornado,
the most severe on the enhanced Fujita scale. The Newcastle-Moore
tornado killed at least 24 people, injured 377, and affected nearly
33,000 in some way. Early estimates suggest that more then $2 billion in
damage was done to public and private property; at least 13,000
structures were destroyed or damaged. It was the deadliest tornado in
the United States since an EF-5 event killed 158 people in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011.
On June 2, 2013, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite observed the scar of that tornado on the Oklahoma landscape. In this false-color image, infrared, red, and green wavelengths of light have been combined to better distinguish between water, vegetation, bare ground, and human developments. Water is blue. Buildings and paved surfaces are blue-gray. Vegetation is red. The tornado track appears as a beige stripe running west to east across this image; the color reveals the lack of vegetation in the wake of the storm.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was on the ground for 39 minutes, ripping across 17 miles (27 kilometers) from 4.4 miles west of Newcastle to 4.8 miles east of Moore, Oklahoma. At its peak, the funnel cloud was 1.3 miles (2.1 kilometers) wide and wind speeds reached 210 miles (340 km) per hour.
On June 2, 2013, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite observed the scar of that tornado on the Oklahoma landscape. In this false-color image, infrared, red, and green wavelengths of light have been combined to better distinguish between water, vegetation, bare ground, and human developments. Water is blue. Buildings and paved surfaces are blue-gray. Vegetation is red. The tornado track appears as a beige stripe running west to east across this image; the color reveals the lack of vegetation in the wake of the storm.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was on the ground for 39 minutes, ripping across 17 miles (27 kilometers) from 4.4 miles west of Newcastle to 4.8 miles east of Moore, Oklahoma. At its peak, the funnel cloud was 1.3 miles (2.1 kilometers) wide and wind speeds reached 210 miles (340 km) per hour.
Further Reading and Imagery
- Associated Press (2013, May 22) Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. Accessed June 4, 2013.
- The Atlantic (2013, May 24) This is What the Scar From a Tornado Looks Like Through a Suburban Town. Accessed June 4, 2013.
- CNN (2013, May 27) How big was the Moore, Oklahoma tornado? Accessed June 4, 2013.
- Google Crisis Center (2013) Moore, Oklahoma Tornado. Accessed June 4, 2013.
- National Weather Service, Norman, Oklahoma (2013) The Tornado Outbreak of May 20, 2013. Accessed June 4, 2013.
- Instrument:
- Terra - ASTER
NASA Earth Observatory
image created by Robert Simmon, using data provided courtesy of
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
Caption by Mike Carlowicz.
NASA: US - Oklahoma - A Scarred Landscape in Oklahoma - 05.06.13
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