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LLight to moderate Rain accompanied with Light Thunderstorm is very likely to occur at a few places over Sipahijala and South districts in next 30mins-1 hour

Tripura-SDMA advises light to moderate rain with light thunderstorms very likely at a few places over Sipahijala and South Tripura districts within the next 30 minutes to 1 hour. The message lists severity as Moderate and urgency as Expected.

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen is moving north through the Indian Ocean along a track that places landfall along the Bangladesh coast on May 16th around 1200Z. On May 13, 2013 the Suomi NPP satellite caught an interesting glimpse of the storm as it moved off the eastern coast of India. The VIIRS Day-Night Band was able to resolve lightning flashes towards the center of the storm, along with mesopheric gravity waves emanating outwards like ripples in a pond. These gravity waves are of particular intere
Illustrative image: Tropical Cyclone Mahasen is moving north through the Indian Ocean along a track that places landfall along the Bangladesh coast on May 16th around 1200Z. On May 13, 2013 the Suomi NPP satellite caught an interesting glimpse of the storm as it moved off the eastern coast of India. The VIIRS Day-Night Band was able to resolve lightning flashes towards the center of the storm, along with mesopheric gravity waves emanating outwards like ripples in a pond. These gravity waves are of particular intere — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Categories: severe-weather-and-natural-disasters

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
3/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
8/10

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This alert notifies people in the named districts of imminent localized rain and thunderstorms.

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