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WOXX02 KWNP 230236
SUMX01

Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01
Serial Number: 140
Issue Time: 2024 Mar 23 0231 UTC

SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1
Begin Time: 2024 Mar 23 0058 UTC
Maximum Time: 2024 Mar 23 0133 UTC
End Time: 2024 Mar 23 0222 UTC
X-ray Class: X1.1
Location: N17E03
NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong

Comment: Location is difficult to ascertain with certainty because both Region 3614 and Region 3615 (S13E10) erupted with nearly similar intensity.
www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of large portions of the sunlit side of Earth, strongest at the sub-solar point.
Radio - Wide area blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication for about an hour.

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