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This 19 August, 2004 NASA Solar and Heliospheric Administration (SOHO) image shows a solar flare(R) erupting from giant sunspot 649. The powerful explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection(CME) into space, but it was directed toward Earth.(Photo: HO/AFP/Getty Images)
BOULDER, Colo. --<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a minor solar radiation storm warning on Thursday morning following readings from a weather<span style="color: Red;">*</span>satellite in orbit around the Earth.
The warning is expected to last from 12:30 a.m.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to 1 p.m. EST,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Thursday afternoon.
Officials said that the warning is the result of a coronal mass ejection from the sun that happened around 10:19 p.m. EST on Wednesday as noted by radio signatures.
The energetic protons were expected to reach earth within 30 minutes to just a few hours.
Results from the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>event may include minor impacts on high frequency radio in the polar regions. However no biological or satellite issues are expected as a result of the storm<span style="color: Red;">*</span>based on the NOAA solar storm scales.
The storm is classified as S1 which,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>according to NASA, places it on the lower end of the solar storm spectrum - the most powerful ranking as an S5.
Fascinating<span style="color: Red;">*</span>photos from a previous solar storm:
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