{"id":1369,"date":"2017-05-01T13:32:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T17:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.100.1.143\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2019-06-03T13:34:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T17:34:02","slug":"viirs-spies-deadly-storms-over-the-midwestsouthern-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/01\/viirs-spies-deadly-storms-over-the-midwestsouthern-plains\/","title":{"rendered":"VIIRS Spies Deadly Storms over the Midwest\/Southern Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/10.100.1.143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2028v1_20170430-tornado.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2028v1_20170430-tornado.png 960w, https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2028v1_20170430-tornado-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2028v1_20170430-tornado-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2028v1_20170430-tornado-700x394.png 700w, https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2028v1_20170430-tornado-539x303.png 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This April 30, 2017, true-color image from the Visible Infrared \nImaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the NOAA\/NASA Suomi \nNPP satellite shows the massive storm system that tore through the \nMississippi Valley and southern Plains states on April 29 and 30, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to several media reports, including this one from the Los \nAngeles Times, strong storms erupted over parts of the southern Plains \nand Mississippi Valley this past weekend. A variety of media outlets \nreported the storms caused the deaths of at least 13 people, produced \nwidespread heavy rain resulting in flash floods, high winds that downed \ntrees and left thousands without power, a late-season blizzard in \nKansas, and several tornadoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, the severe weather is \nexpected to continue today as the agency says strong thunderstorms \ncapable of producing damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes \nwill be possible this afternoon and evening (5\/1) over portions of the \nMid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to full article:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnvl.noaa.gov\/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=2028&amp;MediaTypeID=1\">https:\/\/www.nnvl.noaa.gov\/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=2028&amp;MediaTypeID=1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This April 30, 2017, true-color image from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the NOAA\/NASA Suomi NPP satellite shows the massive storm system that tore through the Mississippi Valley and southern Plains states on April 29 and 30, 2017. According to several&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions\/1372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}