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   Dan Richter to All   
   MODIS Pic of the Day 07 June 2022   
   07 Jun 22 12:00:34   
   
   MSGID: 1:317/3 629f9243   
   PID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   June 7, 2022 - Flooding in South Florida   
      
      Flooding in South Florida   
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      Southern Florida was drowned in a deluge from Potential Tropical   
      Cyclone One (PTC 1) from June 3 – 5, 2022. Rainfall of more than 13   
      inches (33 cm) were measured in Miami-Dade County while local media   
      reported 14 inches (36 cm) of rainfall in Hollywood, Broward County, in   
      less than 72 hours. Flooding caused cancellations of many dozens of   
      airline flights, stopped traffic, cut power to more than 3,000   
      Floridians, and required several rescues from vehicles trapped in deep   
      water.   
      
      On June 5, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of the   
      aftermath of the deluge in South Florida. This type of image uses   
      visible and infrared light (MODIS bands 7,2, and 1) to help   
      differentiate water, which appears black, from vegetation, which looks   
      bright green. Cloud may appear white or be lightly tinted with blue and   
      open (unvegetated) land would look tan.   
      
      A huge swath of south Florida, from west of West Palm Beach to the   
      southern tip of the state, has been completely inundated. The area   
      underwater, as measured through the NASA Worldview App, spans more than   
      2,470 square miles (6,400 square kilometers). Most of this flooded area   
      is in low-lying wildlife refuges and the Everglades.   
      
      While this one image gives an impressive view of the aftermath of the   
      tropical system, to truly appreciate the change brought by the storm it   
      is helpful to compare a Terra MODIS image captured before the storm   
      with this one, captured afterwards. This is simple, thanks to the NASA   
      Worldview App. To view a roll-over comparison of an image captured on   
      May 28, prior to the storm, and the one above, captured on June 5,   
      simply click  here.   
      
      The system was first named PTC 1 at 5 p.m EDT June 2 as it formed, in   
      part, from the remnants of Hurricane Agatha, which struck the western   
      coast of Mexico on May 30 as the first-named storm of the Pacific   
      hurricane season and the strongest hurricane to make landfall on the   
      Pacific Coast of Mexico in May since 1949, when records first began.   
      Agatha dissipated in the high country of Mexico on May 31, but remnants   
      continued to unleash heavy rain as it moved across the Yucatan   
      Peninsula. Once over the Gulf of Mexico, the remnants began to interact   
      with a low-level trough to create PTC 1. PTC 1 crossed the Gulf of   
      Mexico, fighting enough wind sheer to keep it below tropical storm   
      strength, striking Southern Florida from June 2-5. As the storm moved   
      off Florida’s Atlantic Coast on June 5, it finally restrengthened to   
      become Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of the Atlantic   
      hurricane season. On June 6, Alex became a post-tropical cyclone after   
      passing to the west of Bermuda.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/5/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (170.8 KB),  500m (424.3 KB),  250m (265.7   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 7,2,1   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-07   
       
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