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Description2022ChicagoSupercell-compressed.gif	English: NEXRAD loop from KLOT of a supercell in the Chicago metro.
Date	13 July 2022
Source	https://www.weather.gov/lot/2022jun13
Author	National Weather Service Chicago, Illinois

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