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Lightning/2000 NOWcast (Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:35:03 pm CDT)
Assessment: Some distant strong t-storms
No red alerts
No yellow alerts
15 storms detected
distant (91-134 mi.) thunderstorm to the Southeast (0.35/min./°, energy = 120%,
severity = 33)
distant (90-142 mi.) thunderstorm to the Southeast (0.24/min./°, energy = 111%,
severity = 22)
distant (94-137 mi.) strong t-storm to the South (0.55/min./°, energy = 88%, severity
= 51)
distant (147-242 mi.) thunderstorm to the East-Southeast (0.28/min./°, energy =
86%, severity = 35)
distant (144-226 mi.) thunderstorm to the East (0.31/min./°, energy = 90%, severity
= 38)
distant (97-157 mi.) thundershower to the Southeast (0.20/min./°, energy = 100%,
severity = 19)
distant (95-151 mi.) thundershower to the East-Southeast (0.10/min./°, energy =
107%, severity = 9)
distant (181-312 mi.) strong t-storm to the West (0.28/min./°, energy = 82%, severity
= 46)
distant (198-306 mi.) thunderstorm to the West-Southwest (0.17/min./°, energy =
80%, severity = 28)
distant (295-475 mi.) thunderstorm to the East (0.10/min./°, energy = 68%, severity
= 33)
distant (164-274 mi.) thunderstorm to the West-Northwest (0.28/min./°, energy =
94%, severity = 39)
distant (64-93 mi.) thunderstorm to the South-Southwest (0.67/min./°, energy =
126%, severity = 38)
distant (65-98 mi.) strong t-storm to the South (0.84/min./°, energy = 130%, severity
= 52)
distant (254-380 mi.) strong t-storm to the West-Southwest (0.22/min./°, energy =
72%, severity = 52)
distant (65-93 mi.) thundershower to the South-Southwest (0.20/min./°, energy =
99%, severity = 12)
43 strokes per minute
204 strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 40.8/min.)
401 strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 40.1/min.)
862 strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 43.1/min.)
1309 strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 43.6/min.)
3069 strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 51.2/min.)
0 strong strokes in past 60 mins.
Energy of 40.7 in the last minute (ratio 95%, squelch = 1)
Energy of 203.4 in past 5 mins. (ratio 100%, avg. 40.7/min.)
Energy of 412.4 in past 10 mins. (ratio 103%, avg. 41.2/min.)
Energy of 899.4 in past 20 mins. (ratio 104%, avg. 45.0/min.)
Energy of 1349.4 in past 30 mins. (ratio 103%, avg. 45.0/min.)
Energy of 3269.4 in past 60 mins. (ratio 107%, avg. 54.5/min.)
32 noises per minute (42.7%)
203 noises in past 5 mins. (avg. 40.6/min., 49.9%)
411 noises in past 10 mins. (avg. 41.1/min., 50.6%)
927 noises in past 20 mins. (avg. 46.4/min., 51.8%)
1442 noises in past 30 mins. (avg. 48.1/min., 52.4%)
3232 noises in past 60 mins. (avg. 53.9/min., 51.3%)
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