Case study: February 24th, 2017

Heavy rains caused floods in Sao Paulo city. Congonhas airport was closed for two hours. A wall collapsed causing the death of a woman. Hail was reported in at least three points (news here, here and here).

Lightning strike as detected by Brasildat network within a 180 km radius centered in Campinas can be seen below:

The following images show the CAPPI 3km from Radar São Roque (source CPTEC):

The following images show the VIL values:

The following images show the EchoTop 20dBz values:

The following images show the EchoTop 35dBz values:

Satellite images from GOES can be seen below:

GOES visible channel images (source CPTEC):

GOES IR (highlited) channel images (source CPTEC):

GOES WV channel images (source CPTEC):