Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 1, 2007Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2007, 3:10 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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: Jun 1, 2007, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2007, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 1384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 012110
SVRABQ
NMC059-012215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0050.070601T2110Z-070601T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 306 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
  MILES SOUTH OF CAPULIN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES
  MOINES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN UNION COUNTY AROUND 320 PM MDT...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH CAN
CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

LAT...LON 3685 10322 3620 10335 3654 10400 3688 10399
      3688 10399

$$

SHY

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 012131
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMC059-012215-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070601T2215Z/
UNION-
330 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN UNION
COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT...

AT 324 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF FOLSOM TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DES MOINES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF DES
MOINES TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FOLSOM AROUND 340 PM MDT...
  DES MOINES AROUND 400 PM MDT...
  8 MILES WEST OF GRENVILLE AROUND 415 PM MDT...

HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CAPULIN WITH 
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3685 10322 3620 10335 3654 10400 3688 10399
      3688 10399

$$

SHY

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 012209
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
409 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMC059-012219-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070601T2215Z/
UNION-
409 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
UNION COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS...
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3685 10322 3620 10335 3654 10400 3688 10399
      3688 10399

$$

SHY

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 012210 CCA
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
409 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

CORRECTED TYPO IN LAST SENTENCE.

NMC059-012219-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070601T2215Z/
UNION-
409 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
UNION COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS...
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3685 10322 3620 10335 3654 10400 3688 10399
      3688 10399

$$

SHY

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 Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 3:01 PM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:01 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
301 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX JUST LAID ON E PORTION
OF CWA AS THIS PRODUCT BEGUN WITH A FEW STRONG CELLS ALREADY NE
THIRD OR SO OF NM. SO WILL HAVE TO TRUNCATE THIS. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY REACH AT LEAST WDLY SCATTERED COVERAGE WITH ISOLATED
SEVERE POTENTIAL NEAR AND E OF A RATON TO DUNKEN LINE. FURTHER ON
TWO TO 3 SIGNIFICANT MOIST AND SLIGHTLY COOLER SURGES WILL BE
COMING S AND W ACROSS MOST OR AT LEAST THE E HALF OF NM BETWEEN
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL KEEP MUCH OF THE E HALF OF THE STATE
IN THE RISK OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER AFTERNOON
AND NIGHTTIME HOURS DURING THIS PERIOD WITH INCREASING CHANCE OF
AT LEAST ISOLATED MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS BETWEEN THE RIO GRANDE
AND THE DIVIDE. ALSO DURING THIS PERIOD THERE WILL BE SLIGHT TO
MODERATE SHIFT WESTWARD IN BEST THERMODYNAMICS WHILE OTHERWISE BEST
DYNAMICS STAY MORE E THAN W. TUESDAY ON SHOULD BRING INCREASE IN
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND DRY OUT THE STATE. EXCEPTION TO BE N WHERE
A FEW COLD CORE SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE WED OR THU.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  46  89  51  89 /   0   5   5   5
GALLUP..........................  41  86  43  85 /   0   5   5   5
GRANTS..........................  42  84  42  84 /   0  10   5  10
GLENWOOD........................  47  91  49  92 /   0   5   5   0
CHAMA...........................  39  76  41  76 /   5  10  10  20
LOS ALAMOS......................  52  78  52  77 /   5  10  10  20
RED RIVER.......................  36  68  37  66 /  10  20  20  30
TAOS............................  40  79  42  77 /  10  20  20  20
SANTA FE........................  50  81  50  80 /   5  20  10  20
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  52  83  52  82 /   5  20  10  10
ESPANOLA........................  46  86  49  85 /   5   5  10  20
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  61  87  61  87 /   5   5  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  57  88  56  88 /   5   5  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  56  85  57  87 /   5   5  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  57  88  58  91 /   5   5  10  10
SOCORRO.........................  55  88  56  90 /   5   5   5  10
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  51  81  51  84 /  10  10  10  10
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  48  83  48  83 /  10  20  10  10
CARRIZOZO.......................  51  89  51  88 /  10  10  10  10
RUIDOSO.........................  50  79  51  78 /  10  20  10  10
RATON...........................  47  75  47  74 /  20  20  30  20
LAS VEGAS.......................  47  76  47  75 /  20  20  20  30
ROY.............................  51  77  51  73 /  30  20  30  20
CLAYTON.........................  53  78  54  76 /  30  20  30  20
SANTA ROSA......................  58  85  57  84 /  20  20  20  30
TUCUMCARI.......................  59  84  60  81 /  30  20  30  20
FORT SUMNER.....................  60  83  60  85 /  30  20  20  20
CLOVIS..........................  58  84  58  82 /  30  20  30  20
PORTALES........................  60  86  59  85 /  30  20  30  20
ROSWELL.........................  63  88  63  89 /  10  10  10  20

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:55 AM MDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
555 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMZ001>021-026-021200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
555 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THE MAIN AREAS OF
CONCERN INCLUDE THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM ROUGHLY RATON TO VAUGHN
TO ROSWELL EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND
EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM
MDT FROM RATON TO VAUGHN TO ROSWELL ON EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
155 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMZ005-012115-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
155 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG COLORADO BORDER IN NORTHERN COLFAX
COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CANADIAN RIVER VALLEY WEST OF RATON
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS RATON...RATON PASS... SUGARITE CANYON STATE
PARK...AND OVER HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87.

EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...A FEW MINUTES OF SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES
THROUGH TO THE EAST.

TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND
DRIVERS OF LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY AND SHIFTING
WINDS. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL BOOST WATER LEVELS IN DITCHES...
ARROYOS...AND CULVERTS. IF DRIVING...EXPECT PATCHES OF WATER
COVERING THE ROAD. DO NOT USE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER.

SHY

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:14 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
214 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMZ007-012130-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
214 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG COLORADO BORDER IN NORTHERN UNION
COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN COLFAX AND UNION
COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN UNION COUNTY NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER. THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS HIGHWAY 64 AND 87
NEAR DES MOINES...AND EAST OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF CLAYTON
LAKE STATE PARK.

EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...A FEW MINUTES OF SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES
THROUGH TO THE EAST.

TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND
DRIVERS OF LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY AND SHIFTING
WINDS. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL BOOST WATER LEVELS IN DITCHES...
ARROYOS...AND CULVERTS. IF DRIVING...EXPECT PATCHES OF WATER
COVERING THE ROAD. DO NOT USE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER.

SHY

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:28 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
228 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMZ005-012145-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
228 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN COLFAX AND MORA COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS.
HEAVIEST STORMS ARE IN NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY NEAR CAPULIN AND
FOLSOM...AND THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO UNION COUNTY.

ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LIES ALONG INTERSTATE 25 IN
MORA COUNTY FROM SOUTH OF WAGON MOUND NORTH TO THE COLFAX COUNTY
LINE NEAR COLMOR.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY
OF EASTERN MORA COUNTY OVER STATE ROAD 120.

EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...A FEW MINUTES OF SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES
THROUGH TO THE EAST.

TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND
DRIVERS OF LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY AND SHIFTING
WINDS. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL BOOST WATER LEVELS IN DITCHES...
ARROYOS...AND CULVERTS. IF DRIVING...EXPECT PATCHES OF WATER
COVERING THE ROAD. DO NOT USE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER.

SHY

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:44 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
244 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NMZ013-012200-
QUAY COUNTY-
244 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY AND
WILL MOVE EAST. STRONGEST STORMS ARE NEAR QUAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS HIGHWAY 209. ANOTHER STORM IS NEAR WHEATLAND AND WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS STATE ROAD 469 AND STATE ROAD 275.

EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...A FEW MINUTES OF SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES
THROUGH TO THE EAST.

TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND
DRIVERS OF LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY AND SHIFTING
WINDS. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL BOOST WATER LEVELS IN DITCHES...
ARROYOS...AND CULVERTS. IF DRIVING...EXPECT PATCHES OF WATER
COVERING THE ROAD. DO NOT USE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER.

SHY

Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:10 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT FRI JUN 01 2007

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

0302 PM     HAIL             CAPULIN                 36.74N 103.99W
06/01/2007  M0.88 INCH       UNION              NM   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

AA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 3:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	56 min
Jun 1, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	62 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	66 min
Jun 1, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	57 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	58 min
Jun 1, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.