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New Satellite-Eye Views of the Deadly Oklahoma Tornado
Even from space, the storm that dropped the Moore tornado looks chilling.
As predicted by one meteorologist in awe over Moore's violent tornado history, the National Weather Service has upgraded the beast that tore through town Monday from EF4 to EF5-grade strength. There's no higher power rating for twisters – since these behemoths only come on average once a year, let's hope this was the last for 2013.
The view on the ground of the Moore tornado must've been unbearable. From space, it's still chilling. NASA's Aqua satellite took the above image at 2:40 p.m. CDT, five minutes before the storm dropped the tornado onto the surprisingly storm-shelterless Oklahoma. Summarizes the space agency: