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Tornado_Hail_2011·dataset

Large Hail Reports from the April 2011 Super Outbreak

NCEI Hail Reports for 04/27/2011
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Maps locations where hail larger than one inch was reported during the devastating April 27, 2011 tornado Super Outbreak. Each point marks a confirmed large-hail report.

How it's made. Compiled from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database of ground-based storm reports.

How & where you'd use it. Helps researchers and responders understand the reach and severity of a major severe-weather outbreak.

What's measured

TornadoHail2011

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2011-04-27 → 2011-04-27
  • Spatial extent-88.204, 33.212, -85.554, 34.962
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

NCEI Storm Events Database hail reports exceeding 1 inch for the Super Outbreak on April 27th, 2011

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("Tornado_Hail_2011")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).