WOXX02 KWNP 030241 SUMX01 Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01 Serial Number: 141 Issue Time: 2024 May 03 0238 UTC SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1 Begin Time: 2024 May 03 0211 UTC Maximum Time: 2024 May 03 0222 UTC End Time: 2024 May 03 0227 UTC X-ray Class: X1.6 Optical Class: 1b Location: N23E06 NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong 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. # Issued by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Recent messages, data, and help at http://swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/ # Send questions to SWPC.Webmaster@noaa.gov