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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY

February 5, 2008Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:23 PM EST for Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2008, 10:23 PM EST (03:23 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, IN, Warrick County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 5, 10:26 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	1 S Folsomville, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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
Feb 5, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 060323
TORPAH
INC125-173-060345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0034.080206T0323Z-080206T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
923 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM CST/1045 PM EST/.

* AT 920 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIDLAND...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HEILMAN...
  HEMENWAY AND SELVIN.

NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3807 8719 3815 8727 3831 8708 3829 8707
      3828 8707 3821 8707 3821 8702 3815 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 229DEG 61KT 3816 8715

$$

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Feb 5, 5:30 PM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 5:30 PM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
430 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN REVOLVES AROUND THE SEVERE POTENTIAL
TONIGHT. WE WILL BRIEFLY DISCUSS CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE
EXTENDED AS WELL.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM THE LOW
TO NEAR INTERSTATE 64 IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.
IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A DEEP H25 TROUGH WAS SITUATED ACROSS THE
PLAINS WITH A STRONG 120+ KNOT SPEED MAX EJECTING NORTHEAST FROM
THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.

AS THIS SPEED MAX AND THE SURFACE LOW APPROACH THIS EVENING...
STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED. STRONG BACKED WIND
PROFILES...RESULTING IN STRONG DEEP-LAYERED BULK SHEAR AND LOW-
LEVEL STORM RELATIVE HELICITY...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS OUT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND
COLD FRONT. LATEST TAMDAR SOUNDING OUT OF KPAH INDICATES A WEAK
CAPPING INVERSION JUST ABOVE H7 LIKELY INHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF CONVECTION AT THE MOMENT. AS LIFT INCREASES THIS EVENING AHEAD
OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM...THIS CAP SHOULD ERODE BY 00Z. GIVEN
THE STRONG DYNAMICS AND IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR...CELLS THAT DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.
DEEP-LAYERED SHEAR VECTORS ORIENTED NEARLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE
LINE OF FORCING SUGGEST THE CELLS WILL HAVE A BROAD WARM SECTOR
TO TRAVERSE...THUS A FEW LONG-TRACK VIOLENT TORNADOES ARE EVEN
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. REFER TO THE LATEST MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS
FROM SPC FOR MORE DETAILS.

BOTH NAM AND RUC MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM
CONSIDERABLY...AND AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE EVENT MAY STILL BE
ONGOING AT MIDNIGHT. AS BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS VEER TOWARDS MIDNIGHT
AND RESULT IN A MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILE...THE MODE OF
CONVECTION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO MORE LINEAR IN NATURE.
HOWEVER..ENOUGH SHEAR WILL STILL BE PRESENT TO SUSTAIN EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE PRIMARY
CONCERN AFTER MIDNIGHT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE QUAD STATE AREA BY
12Z WEDNESDAY...BUT WE KEPT A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS EAST OF THE
WABASH RIVER AND KENTUCKY LAKES REGION TO BETTER BLEND WITH
NEIGHBORING OFFICES. WHILE MOST OF THE WRAP-AROUND WINTRY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN NORTH AND WEST OF OUR IMMEDIATE AREA
ON WEDNESDAY...SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD IMPACT NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND THE
PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON. NO
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

BEYOND WEDNESDAY...TWO MORE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE
HEARTLAND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...ONE LATE THURSDAY AND THE
OTHER LATE FRIDAY. WHILE A FEW SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES CANNOT BE
RULED OUT...DEEP MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE LACKING WITH BOTH OF THESE
SYSTEMS...SO WE DO NOT HAVE A MENTION OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
FOR EITHER EVENT AT THIS TIME. YET ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE
REGION TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...WE ADDED
A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...AND A CHANCE OF RAIN ON
TUESDAY.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED...WE GENERALLY UTILIZED THE
NAM 2 METER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OWING TO THE
ANTICIPATED NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE TREND. WE TRANSITIONED TO A
BLEND OF GUIDANCE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THEREAFTER...WE RELIED
HEAVILY ON HPC GUIDANCE. THIS DID RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER
TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH LOWS DIPPING INTO THE TEENS
BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...
PREVAILING GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING WITH
THUNDERSTORM GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS LIKELY THIS EVENING WHEN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPORARY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS IN
HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. OWB AND EVV
MAY SEE THESE CONDITIONS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD
FRONT WILL NOT EXIT UNTIL AROUND 3 AM WED. THE AIRMASS WILL
TRANSITION OVERNIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT ALONG WITH
IFR/MFR CIGS.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BOLLINGER-
     BUTLER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-
     WAYNE MO.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ALEXANDER-
     EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
     JOHNSON-PERRY IL-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-
     WHITE-WILLIAMSON.

IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR GIBSON-PIKE-
     POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

PUBLIC...PRESLEY
AVIATION...SHANKLIN

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 2:23 PM EST, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
123 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-061030-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
123 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTEROON AND EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO VIENNA
ILLINOIS...TO MARION KENTUCKY...TO NEAR HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OVER THE REST OF THE AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED IN NATURE AND
THEY MAY DEVELOP INTO SUPERCELLS.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

LATER THIS EVENING...THERE MAY BE A SQUALL LINE WHICH DEVELOPS
ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
THIS EVENING...REACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY MIDNIGHT...THEN
EXITING THE AREA AROUND 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING.

THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN THE
HOURS OF 4PM AND 2AM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE
PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS...BUT TORNADIC STORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LONG TRACK TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN THE VICINITY OF A
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A POSSIBILITY
THROUGH MIDNIGHT GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DEXTER
MISSOURI...TO CAIRO ILLINOIS...TO BOONVILLE INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

DUE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME RIVERS MAY GO ABOVE
FLOOD STATE DURING THIS TIME. PLEASE REFER TO ANY RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING.

ALSO...ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO STREET FLOODING OR ROAD
CLOSURES ARE ENCOURAGED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 5, 9:40 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
840 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0830 PM     HAIL             7 ENE FRUITLAND         37.49N 89.52W
02/05/2008  E1.00 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT HIGHWAYS 177 AND J.

&&

DRS

Local storm report, Feb 5, 9:43 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
843 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREENVILLE              37.21N 87.18W
02/05/2008                   MUHLENBERG         KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY AND THERE IS A
            WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE.

&&

DLL

Local storm report, Feb 5, 9:55 PM EST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
855 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0854 PM     TORNADO          8 S GIDEON              36.33N 89.91W
02/05/2008                   PEMISCOT           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UNCONFIRMED. REPORT OF TORNADO COMING ACROSS POLICE
            RADIO.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Feb 5, 10:00 PM EST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
900 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0830 PM     FLOOD            CARBONDALE              37.72N 89.22W
02/05/2008                   JACKSON            IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WATER UP TO THE BUMPERS OF JEEPS AT WALL ST AND HWY 13 IN
            CARBONDALE.

0840 PM     FLOOD            CARTERVILLE             37.76N 89.08W
02/05/2008                   WILLIAMSON         IL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CARTERVILLE AND CRAINVILLE ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH
            WATER.

0855 PM     TSTM WND GST     JOPPA                   37.21N 88.84W
02/05/2008  M53 MPH          MASSAC             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ON THE RIVERFRONT IN JOPPA.

&&

DRS

Local storm report, Feb 5, 10:02 PM EST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
902 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

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

0855 PM     TSTM WND GST     PRICE LANDING           37.04N 89.38W
02/05/2008  E60 MPH          SCOTT              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DLL

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 10:21 PM EST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
921 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ILZ087-089>094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>011-013>016-018>020-MOZ112-114-
060430-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-CALDWELL KY-CALLOWAY KY-CARLISLE KY-
CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-FULTON KY-GALLATIN IL-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-
HENDERSON KY-HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-
MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-
NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL-PULASKI IL-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-
WARRICK IN-WEBSTER KY-
921 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

AT 920 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA INTO NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS...AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR WEST KENTUCKY.
THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF BOONVILLE INDIANA TO ROSICLARE
ILLINOIS TO CAIRO ...TO HICKMAN. GENERAL MOVEMENT WAS
EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST
THROUGH 1030 PM...IMPACTING COMMUNITIES FROM SANTA CLAUS INDIANA TO
MARION KENTUCKY...TO REIDLAND...TO MAYFIELD.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF
INCH IN DIAMETER IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
STRONGER CELLS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. ALSO BE PREPARED FOR
TORRENTIAL RAINS WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AND
CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS.

RJP/RST

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 8:28 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	6 hr
Feb 5, 10:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer	25 min
Feb 6, 1:32 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gibson, Posey	17 days
Feb 6, 1:37 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Posey	16 days
Feb 6, 1:37 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	11 days
Feb 6, 1:37 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	15 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.