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Tornado_Tracks_2011·dataset

Tornado Paths from the April 2011 Super Outbreak

NWS Tornado Tracks for April 27th, 2011
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Shows the surveyed centerlines of tornado paths during the April 27, 2011 Super Outbreak, color-coded by each tornado's maximum strength. It traces exactly where the tornadoes traveled.

How it's made. Made from official National Weather Service damage surveys, with tornadoes rated on the EF scale.

How & where you'd use it. Helps responders and researchers map damage and study one of history's worst tornado days.

What's measured

TornadoTracks2011

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2011-04-27 → 2011-04-27
  • Spatial extent-88.583, 32.175, -85.104, 35.012
  • 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

Official NWS surveyed tornado tracks from April 27th, 2011. Only the centerline of the tornado paths, classified by maximum EF rating.

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_Tracks_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).