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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2006, 2:47 AM EST for Avery County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2006, 2:47 AM EST (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KGSP 150747 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 247 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND TODAY... .THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. NCZ033-049-050-151600- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.060315T1100Z-060315T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 247 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY OVER AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-151600- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.060315T1100Z-060315T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 247 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...REACHING 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 07
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 150805 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 305 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND TODAY... .THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. NCZ033-049-050-151630- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.060315T1100Z-060315T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 305 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY OVER AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-151630- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.060315T1100Z-060315T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 305 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...REACHING 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 07
000 WWUS72 KGSP 151627 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1127 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND TODAY... .THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. NCZ034-054-055-152300- /O.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-060315T2300Z/ CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-BURKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...MORGANTON 1127 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE WIND WILL REMAIN STRONG THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...IN PARTICULAR LAKE JAMES. THE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ033-049-050-152300- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060315T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1127 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL REMAIN STRONG AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-152300- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-060315T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1127 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE WIND WILL REMAIN STRONG THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...REACHING 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ MOORE
000 WWUS72 KGSP 152240 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 540 PM EST WED MAR 15 2006 NCZ033-049-050-152345- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060315T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 540 PM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. BECAUSE OF THIS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 6 PM. $$ NCZ034-048-051>055-058-059-062>065-152345- /O.EXP.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-060315T2300Z/ CALDWELL-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... MARION...MORGANTON...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 540 PM EST WED MAR 15 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. BECAUSE OF THIS...THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 6 PM. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 15, 2:37 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:37 AM EST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO MOVE OFFSHORE TODAY AND TONIGHT...REPLACED BY
LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGING. WIND UP TODAY IN GRADIENT BETWEEN SURFACE LOW
IN E CANADA AND DRY RIDGE IN TN VALLEY...WITH 45 KT 850 MB WIND OVER
N PORTION OF AREA. BEST DOWNWARD MOTION EARLIER THAN BEST 850
WIND...LIMITING WIND TO ADVISORY CRITERIA N NC MTS...AND LAKE WIND
ADVISORY REST OF NC MTS. WED NIGHT AND THU FEATURE CORE OF DRY
SURFACE RIDGE WITH LITTLE WIND OR SKY COVER.
SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIVING SE AROUND E CANADIAN VORTEX THU TO REACH
APPALACHIANS THU NIGHT...AS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSES OUR AREA.
FRONT HAS MEAGER MOISTURE AND ONLY BRIEF/WEAK LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH
IT...AND HAVE CUT POPS ACCORDINGLY. LATE THU NIGHT THICKNESS
LOWERS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN MOIST NW FLOW. NW
FLOW PRECIP CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY...TRANSITIONING TO LIQUID AS
TEMPERATURES WARM IN AFTERNOON. MOISTURE DECREASED RAPIDLY FIR
NIGHT...WHILE SNOW LEVEL FALL FOR SLIGHT CHANCE SNOW BEFORE ENDING.
TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TODAY THROUGH THU AS HEIGHTS RISE...ABOVE
NORMAL THU NIGHT UNDER INCREASING CLOUDS COVER...THE WIDEN IN RANGE
FROM MOUNTAINS TO LEE AS NW FLOW BRINGS COLD ADVECTION AND
DOWNSLOPE FLOW RESPECTIVELY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NO BIG SURPRISES IN THE MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE. 12Z NUMERICAL
MODELS/HPC GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO INDICATE A COOL...GENERALLY DRY
PERIOD. UPPER FLOW GOES FOR ZONAL TO NW BY SAT. PERIOD BEGINS WITH
COOL...DRY HIGH PRESSURE TO THE W OF THE REGION TUE NIGHT WHICH
BUILDS OVER THE AREA ON WED. LOOKS LIKE A FROSTY NIGHT TUE NIGHT AS
WINDS SHOULD DECOUPLE. WENT WITH A BLEND OF MOS NUMVBERS FOR LOWS.
CLEAR CONDITIONS SHOULD GIVE WAY TO INCREASING HIGH CLOUDINESS ON
WED PER MODEL CROSS SECTIONS. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A WEAK
CLIPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON THU WITH AN ASSOCIATED
REINFORCING COLD FRONT. GULF MOISTURE TRIES TO LOAD UP IN RETURN
FLOW AROUND HIGH...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE DRY AIRMASS WILL TAKE ITS TOLL
ON MOISTURE ADVECTING INTO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...SO THAT THU
SHOULD REMAIN DRY BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. COLD FRONT
CROSSES THE AREA THU NIGHT BUT WITHOUT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...IT
LOOKS LIKE MOST/IF NOT ALL OF PRECIP WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
MOUNTAINS. ENOUGH COLD AIR COULD ARRIVE IN TIME LATE THU NIGHT FOR
SNOW TO MIX WITH ANY REMAINING RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS. COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NOSES OVER THE REGION
FROM THE NW ON FRI AND REMAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INCREASING
CLOUDS ON SUN IN DEVELOPING WARM ADVECTION MAY MAKE FOR AN
UNSEASONABLY COOL DAY...BUT DID NOT GO QUITE AS LOW AS HPC NUMBERS
WOULD INDICATE. OTHER DEVIATION FROM HPC WAS THU NIGHT MIN TEMPS E
OF MOUNTAINS WHERE I WENT ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER. LOOKS LIKE COLD
FRONT WILL BE FASTER THAN HPC PROG.
&&
.AVIATION...
WITH LOW PRESURE TO THE E AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE
W...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WSW AND BECOME GUSTY BY MID
MORNING. EXPECT GUSTS AROUND 30 KTS AT KAVL...AROUND 20 KTS
ELSEWHERE...BECOMING LIGHT FROM THE NW AROUND SUNSET. FEW IF ANY
CLOUDS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RED FLAG CRITERIA RH SHOULD BE EASILY MET ACROSS AREA TODAY. EXPECT
WIND TO REACH WELL ABOVE CRITERIA IN NC MTS...AND GUSTS WELL ABOVE
CRITERIA N NC FOOTHILL. WIND BARELY REACHES CRITERIA IN REST OF W
NC...AS WELL AS SC PIEDMONT JUST S OF NC LINE. AREA FROM GSP SW TO
NE GA...INCLUDING GA/NC MTS...TO FALL SHORT OF WIND CRITERIA FOR RED
FLAG. MAY ISSUE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT THERE IF LAND MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES DESIRE.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-049-050 FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM
WEDNESDAY.
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082 FROM 11 AM
WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY.
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065 FROM 6
AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY.
SC...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SCZ008-009-014 FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8
PM WEDNESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...SAB
AVIATION...BPM/RB
FIRE WEATHER...JATHazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 5:41 AM EST, 21 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 AM EST TUE MAR 14 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-151045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 541 AM EST TUE MAR 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...AND THE PART OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AS WELL AS THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:47 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 15 hr |
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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.