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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 24, 2006Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2006, 12:45 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 24, 2006, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2006, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 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 
WUUS53 KDDC 240545
SVRDDC
KSC007-240630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0033.060424T0545Z-060424T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1245 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1244 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF SUN CITY TO
  AETNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CROFT TO
  21 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALVA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF BARBER COUNTY...
  AETNA...
  SUN CITY...
  LAKE CITY...
  HARDTNER...
  MEDICINE LODGE...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3746 9900 3700 9898 3701 9835 3738 9834
      3738 9846 3747 9847

$$

LACY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240605
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
104 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

KSC007-240630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060424T0630Z/
BARBER KS-
104 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR BARBER COUNTY...

AT 103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUN CITY TO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF AETNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CROFT TO 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALVA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
CITY...HARDTNER...SHARON...MEDICINE LODGE...ISABEL AND HAZELTON

LAT...LON 3746 9900 3700 9898 3701 9835 3738 9834
      3738 9846 3747 9847

$$

LACY

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240629
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
128 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

KSC007-240638-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060424T0630Z/
BARBER KS-
128 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARBER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 130
AM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING ARE NO LONGER SEVERE.  
HOWEVER...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTH SOUTH 
ALONG US HIGHWAY 281.

LAT...LON 3746 9900 3700 9898 3701 9835 3738 9834
      3738 9846 3747 9847

$$

LACY

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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 2:08 PM CDT, 10 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:08 PM CDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
208 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

SFC DEW POINTS FALLING NICELY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KS AS
DRY LINE MIXES ITS WAY EASTWARD. RADAR MOSAIC SHOWING SOME POSSIBLE
HIGH BASED SHOWERS IN ERN CO EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON MOVING
NORTHEAST WHILE SHORT FUSE COMPOSITE AND PROGGED SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
CAP HAD ALREADY ERODED AS OF 2PM CDT IN THE S/SW WITH SOME WEAK
MCONV EXTENDING FROM HYS-DDC-LBL. CAPES IN EXCESS OF 1000J/KG
WERE LOCATED EAST OF DDC SO FIRST GUESS IS A FEW STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING NEAR THIS BOUNDARY EAST/SE OF DDC. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND ADJUST GRIDS AS NEEDED.

ISENTROPIC LIFT AND 85H WAA DEVELOPS BETWEEN 00Z-6Z MONDAY IN THE
NORTHEAST WHICH CONTINUES THOROUGH MONDAY AS THE MAIN UPPER TROF
APPROACHES. WILL THEREFORE KEEP POPS GOING THROUGH THE DAY ON
MONDAY WITH THE HIGHER POPS IN THE NORTH. AS FOR THE SEVERE
POTENTIAL...THIS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THIS EVENING BASED ON
CAPES AND 25- 30KTS OF DEEP SHEAR.

COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KS MONDAY USHERING IN SOME
COOLER TEMPS AND GUSTY WINDS. 85H ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWING A
FAIR AMOUNT OF COLD AIR (-1 TO-3C) WORKING ITS WAY INTO CNTL/ERN
MONTANA. ALTHOUGH DO THINK THIS WILL MODIFY SOME AS IT SLIDES
SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS AM LEANING TOWARDS THE COOLER GUIDANCE
NUMBERS FOR TUESDAY AS THE REINFORCEMENT OF COLDER AIR SETTLES
INTO THE STATE. AS FOR TEMPS ON MONDAY LOOKS LIKE THE CURRENT
GRIDS WITH A GRADIENT OF TEMPS FROM NW TO SE STILL LOOKS
REASONABLE BASED ON TIMING OF FRONT AND 18Z/00Z 85H TEMPS.

AS FOR PCPN CHCS MONDAY NIGHT...DO SEE SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT
THROUGH 00Z TUES...THEN BY 06Z DOWNGLIDE THEN DEVELOPS AS SFC HIGH
BUILDS INTO THE AREA. WILL FOLLOW THE TREND OF I330-I305 TREND FOR
MONDAY NIGHT.

DAYS 3-7...

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES IN THIS EXTENDED PERIOD ARE OVERNIGHT LOWS
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN ANY RAINFALL WITH CUTOFF UPPER LOW TOWARDS
THE END OF THE WEEK.

MODELS ON GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PLACING A SURFACE HIGH INTO WESTERN
KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH 20S TO LOW 30S DEWPOINTS. THE BIG
QUESTION IF SKIES ARE CLEAR ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL
COOLING. IF SO THEN THE OVERNIGHT LOWS MAY BE AROUND OR BELOW THE
FREEZING MARK ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT THIS TIME WILL
KEEP KEEP COOL TEMPS GOING. NEXT QUESTION IS WITH FORECAST UPPER LOW
IN THE SOUTHWEST STATES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD AND MAY BRING SOME
RAINFALL. THIS SCENARIO LOOKS GOOD AND WILL KEEP SMALL POPS IN FOR
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGHS LOOKS TO BE SEASONABLE IN THE 70S
WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40S EXCEPT FOR COOLER TEMPS ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  55  61  37  55 /   0  20  20   0
GCK  54  56  36  55 /  10  20  20   0
EHA  50  55  36  56 /   0  20  20   0
LBL  54  56  37  56 /   0  20  20   0
HYS  54  62  38  55 /  40  40  20   0
P28  63  74  41  59 /  30  20  20   0

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

FN18/06

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 4:32 AM CDT, 20 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
432 AM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-240945-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
432 AM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 /332 AM MDT SUN APR 23 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE
LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY AND A DRYLINE WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES WARM
INTO THE MID 80S TO MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AND WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM LARNED TO SCOTT CITY. FURTHER
SOUTH...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE ISOLATED.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND A TORNADO OR TWO ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AND BRING A CHANCE
FOR SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT COULD PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HOWEVER...IT IS STILL
TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
753 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

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

0751 PM     HAIL             COLDWATER               37.26N 99.34W
04/23/2006  E1.50 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

&&

JOHNSON

Local storm report, Apr 23, 8:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
803 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N HAVILAND            37.65N 99.11W
04/23/2006                   KIOWA              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PIVOT IRRIGATION BLOWN OVER.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1102 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

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

0530 PM     HAIL             6 N DODGE CITY          37.85N 100.01W
04/23/2006  E0.88 INCH       FORD               KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0634 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE ASH VALLEY        38.26N 99.15W
04/23/2006                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            6 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCH DOWN.

0636 PM     TSTM WND GST     LARNED                  38.18N 99.10W
04/23/2006  M58.10 MPH       PAWNEE             KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEASURED BY KSN WEATHERLAB STATION AT FT LARNED MIDDLE
            SCHOOL.

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N HAVILAND            37.65N 99.11W
04/23/2006                   KIOWA              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PIVOT IRRIGATION BLOWN OVER.

0658 PM     HAIL             3 ENE SITKA             37.19N 99.60W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       CLARK              KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0707 PM     TSTM WND GST     PRATT                   37.65N 98.74W
04/23/2006  M75.00 MPH       PRATT              KS   STORM CHASER

0710 PM     HAIL             6 SW COLDWATER          37.20N 99.41W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0711 PM     HAIL             4 S COLDWATER           37.20N 99.34W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0712 PM     HAIL             5 E PROTECTION          37.20N 99.39W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

0717 PM     HAIL             4 E PROTECTION          37.20N 99.41W
04/23/2006  E1.75 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

0720 PM     HAIL             PROTECTION              37.20N 99.48W
04/23/2006  E0.88 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0724 PM     HAIL             3 S COLDWATER           37.21N 99.34W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PASSED ON FROM CHASER.

0751 PM     HAIL             COLDWATER               37.26N 99.34W
04/23/2006  E1.50 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1108 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSZ087-240500-
MEADE-
1108 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MEADE COUNTY...

AT 1106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEADE STATE PARK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MEADE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3714 10064 3700 10039 3725 10010 3745 10013
      3746 10040

JOHNSON

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1129 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSZ077-078-087-088-240515-
CLARK-FORD-GRAY-MEADE-
1129 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLARK...FORD...GRAY AND MEADE
COUNTIES...

AT 1126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3750 10039 3715 10005 3744 9957 3788 9958
      3789 9984

JOHNSON

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 12:15 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1215 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

KSZ080-089-240600-
COMANCHE-KIOWA-
1215 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COMANCHE AND KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF PROTECTION...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3742 9956 3718 9954 3721 9901 3761 9901

LACY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	45 min
Apr 23, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	34 min
Apr 23, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa	31 min
Apr 23, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	52 min
Apr 23, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	46 min
Apr 23, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	32 min
Apr 24, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	45 min
Apr 24, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	50 min
Apr 24, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	52 min
Apr 24, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	52 min
Apr 24, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	39 min
Apr 24, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	44 min
Apr 24, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	21 min
Apr 24, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	49 min
Apr 24, 4:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	43 min
Apr 24, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.