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Tornado_Wind_2011·dataset

Damaging Wind Reports from the April 2011 Super Outbreak

NCEI Wind Gusts for 04/27/2011
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Maps locations where wind gusts above 60 mph were reported during the April 27, 2011 tornado Super Outbreak. Each point marks a confirmed high-wind 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 gauge the widespread wind damage from a major severe-weather outbreak.

What's measured

TornadoWind2011

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2011-04-27 → 2011-04-27
  • Spatial extent-88.617, 32.354, -85.387, 34.724
  • 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 wind gusts exceeding 60mph 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_Wind_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).