Vertically Integrated Liquid</b><p>
Identifies thunderstorm cores, hail, supercells, and regions of strong
updrafts.<b><p>
Features:</b><p>
	A color image of total Vertically Integrated Liquid in the atmosphere<p>
	Identifies thunderstorm cores, regions of strongest updrafts and hail<p>
	Generated in precipitation mode only<p>
	Liquid water totaled for all antenna tilts<p>
	Estimates precipitable (potential rain) water in a column of air<p>
	16 levels of liquid water  in increments of 5 kg/m<a href="#fn0">[2]</a> to 70
kg/m<a href="#fn0">[2]</a><p>
	230km effective range of the radar scan<p>
	4km x 4km data resolution<b><p>
Benefits:</b><p>
	A tool for severe weather forecasting<p>
	--	Identifies strongest updrafts (precipitation cores)<p>
	--	Supercells show continuity<p>
	Tracks rapidly intensifying or decaying cells<p>
	The maximum VIL is noted on the legend<b><p>
Key Beneficiaries:</b><p>
	Hydrologists<p>
	Emergency planners<p>
	Operational meteorologists<b><p>
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Applications:</b><p>
	Flash flood forecasting<p>
	Areas of flash flood and other severe weather<p>
	Severe weather detection<p>
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