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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, WV

July 25, 2005Fayette County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 6:39 PM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 2005, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 252239
SVRRLX
WVC019-252330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0086.050725T2239Z-050725T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
639 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANSTED TO
  6 MILES NORTH OF GAULEY BRIDGE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MONTGOMERY...AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHERS...
  MONTGOMERY...
  ANSTED...
  HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...
  POWELLTON...
  FAYETTEVILLE...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3786 8110 3788 8108 3789 8129 3793 8129
      3797 8138 3818 8132 3826 8124 3819 8108
      3823 8104 3822 8099 3813 8090 3814 8089
      3808 8090 3805 8085 3807 8081 3797 8078
      3795 8082 3789 8077 3785 8103

$$

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3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 252256
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
656 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVC019-252330-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-050725T2330Z/
FAYETTE WV-
656 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 652 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BABCOCK STATE PARK TO HAWKS NEST
STATE PARK TO POWELLTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
SOUTH OF SUMMERSVILLE TO FAYETTEVILLE TO POWELLTON...MOVING SOUTH AT
30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FAYETTEVILLE...OAK HILL...THURMOND...PAX AND MOUNT HOPE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
MUCH OF CLAY AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3786 8110 3788 8108 3789 8129 3793 8129
      3797 8138 3818 8132 3826 8124 3819 8108
      3823 8104 3822 8099 3813 8090 3814 8089
      3808 8090 3805 8085 3807 8081 3797 8078
      3795 8082 3789 8077 3785 8103

$$

15

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 252306
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
706 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVC019-252330-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-050725T2330Z/
FAYETTE WV-
706 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF BABCOCK STATE PARK TO OAK HILL TO
POWELLTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
HOPE AND PAX.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3786 8110 3788 8108 3789 8129 3793 8129
      3797 8138 3818 8132 3826 8124 3819 8108
      3823 8104 3822 8099 3813 8090 3814 8089
      3808 8090 3805 8085 3807 8081 3797 8078
      3795 8082 3789 8077 3785 8103

$$

15

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 252328
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
730 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVC019-252336-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-050725T2330Z/
FAYETTE WV-
730 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730
PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER 
WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF 
HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3786 8110 3788 8108 3789 8129 3793 8129
      3797 8138 3818 8132 3826 8124 3819 8108
      3823 8104 3822 8099 3813 8090 3814 8089
      3808 8090 3805 8085 3807 8081 3797 8078
      3795 8082 3789 8077 3785 8103

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
407 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...

HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE CONVECTION GET TONIGHT?  THAT IS THE QUESTION
IN THE HAZY AND HUMIDITY.  LEFT COUNTIES FROM HTS-CRW-BKW ON SOUTH
DRY. OF COURSE...ANY COOLING STORM ACROSS EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL WV THROUGH THIS EVENING WOULD BE TALL WITH A LOCALIZED
DOWNPOUR AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.  WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S THIS
AFTERNOON...GENERALLY STAYED ABOVE MOST MIN TEMPERATURE GUIANCE FOR
TONIGHT.

WILL LET THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE TRI STATE AROUND HTS DIE
A SILENT DEATH AND WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ZONES.
THIS WAY...THE NEW HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE HEADLINED FOR SOME
COUNTIES ON TUESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

WILL ISSUE A NEW HEAT ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR SAME AREA
AS TODAY PLUS A FEW MORE COUNTIES IN OHIO.  WHILE H850 TEMPERATURES
WILL BE A BIT HIGHER TOMORROW (23C-24C)...DEWPOINTS MAY COME IN 2-3
DEGREES LOWER...WHICH WOULD HINDER HEAT INDICIES A BIT.  IF
OVERNIGHT SHIFT DETERMINES THAT DEWPOINTS COULD BE HIGHER...ADVISORY
AREA MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED.

ISSUE FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT IS APPROACHING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.  A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON SPEED BETWEEN THE MODELS...BUT
ALL SEEM TO AGREE THAT BEST FORCING FOR PRECIP WILL LIE ALONG AND
BEHIND OF FRONT.  THINK ONLY SOUTHEAST OHIO STANDS MUCH CHANCE OF
SEEING SHRA/TSRA BEFORE 00Z WED.  AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO GET RID OF THEIR CAP.

ALLOW POPS TO BLEED INTO AREA TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DECREASING AS IT DOES SO.
WEDNESDAY MAY FEATURE THE BEST COVERAGE AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS CWA
AND SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH BEHIND IT.  WENT WITH 50ISH POPS
HERE...LIKELY MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE DOWN THE ROAD.

ALLOW POPS TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TILL THURSDAY...AS SUPPORT
IS SLOW TO LEAVE CWA.  MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

GENERALLY LIKED MAV TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND MEX LOOKED REASONABLE THEREAFTER.

RAN WITH HPC GRIDS FROM FRIDAY ON...LOOKS LIKE A GENERALLY DRY
PERIOD WITH A WELCOME RUN OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 139 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005)

AVIATION...

STILL CONCERNED CONVECTION MAY FORM UPSTREAM OF PKB-CKB 18-20Z AND
MOVG ESE 19-23Z AND AFFECT PKB-CKB-EKN VICINITIES.

OTHERWISE MAINLY HAZE WITH VISBILITIES AROUND 5 MILES...LOWRING
INTO THE 3 TO 5 MILE RANGE 04-13Z.  THINKING TOO WARM FOR THICK
FOG.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 1046 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005)

SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...

INCREASE IN 850 MOISTURE ON 12Z PIT SOUNDING IN 20 KNOT NW LOW LEVEL
FLOW THIS MORNING.  FIGURING 850 FLOW WILL BACK TOWARD WEST WITH
MIXING ALLOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE TO BREAK THRU THE CLDS IN
CKB-EKN-BKW.  IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WITH DEW POINTS 75 TO
80...FM CNTRL IL TO IND TO NRN AND CNTRL OH.  DESPITE GUIDANCE BEING
LOWER...KEEPING OUR SLIGHT CHC FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE NRN THIS
AFTERNOON.

NO CHANGE ON THE HEAT ADVISORY.  HOTTEST SO FAR THIS SUMMER AT HTS
WAS 97 BACK IN JUNE.  NO RECORDS EXPECTED TODAY SINCE THE DUST BOWL
ERA IN 1934 HAD TEMPS OVER 100.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WVZ005>007-013-014 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM
TUESDAY.
OH...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ075-083>087 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KYZ101>103-105 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
VA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...CL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVZ031-032-040-252100-
BARBOUR-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
404 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRAFTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
  GALLOWAY...NESTORVILLE...MEADLAND...WEBSTER...KNOTTSVILLE AND
  THORNTON.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5
INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
454 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARIETTA                39.42N 81.45W
07/25/2005                   WASHINGTON         OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

&&

KF

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA

513 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

0454 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELPRE                  39.28N 81.59W

07/25/2005                   WASHINGTON         OH   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN

            454 PM 07/25/2005 AND 509 PM 07/25/2005

&&

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA

516 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VIENNA                  39.32N 81.54W

07/25/2005                   WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN

            457 PM 07/25/2005 AND 512 PM 07/25/2005

&&

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
523 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW LEXINGTON           39.71N 82.21W
07/25/2005                   PERRY              OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

&&

KF

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
523 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW LEXINGTON           39.71N 82.21W
07/25/2005                   PERRY              OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

&&

KF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	23 min
Jul 25, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	67 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt	37 min
Jul 25, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis	51 min
Jul 25, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	44 min
Jul 25, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	42 min
Jul 25, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Taylor, Upshur	62 min
Jul 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	30 min
Jul 25, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	69 min
Jul 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay	39 min
Jul 25, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Webster	42 min
Jul 25, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	35 min
Jul 25, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wyoming	27 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.