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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2010Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2010, 5:23 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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: May 25, 2010, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2010, 5:47 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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
May 25, 2:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -335 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 228 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.

875 
WUUS53 KDDC 252323
SVRDDC
KSC075-260015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0067.100525T2323Z-100526T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
523 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 521 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF COOLIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOLIDGE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3820 10205 3816 10167 3789 10195 3789 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 218DEG 15KT 3794 10203
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

WRIGHT

1 follow-up statement

440 
WWUS53 KDDC 252347
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
647 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

KSC075-252358-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-100526T0015Z/
HAMILTON KS-
547 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3820 10205 3816 10167 3789 10195 3789 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 218DEG 15KT 3802 10195

$$

WRIGHT

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 May 25, 2:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
313 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES/SEVERITY MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THE TONIGHT
PERIOD...WITH QUIETER WEATHER FOLLOWING WEDNEDAY AND THURSDAY.

AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED A WEAK, BUT IMPORTANT SHORTWAVE
TROUGH APPROACHING NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
WAS FAVORING LOW LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS...ALBEIT WEAK...ACROSS
SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND ADJACENT WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND FAR
SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SURFACE ANALYSIS AND LOCALLY GENERATED SHORT-
FUSE COMPOSITE ARE FAVORING FAR WESTERN COUNTIES FOR SURFACE-BASED
CONVECTIVE INITIATION WHERE CONVERGENCE IS STRONGEST, LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES ARE STEEPER, AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE MOST
PRONOUNCED...TO GO ALONG WITH 59 TO 61 DEGREE DEWPOINTS. DEEP
LAYER SHEAR FAVORS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...AND IT IS EXPECTED
THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHWESTERN
THIRD...PERHAPS HALF...OF THE DDC FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE MID TO
LATE EVENING HOUR. ELSEWHERE...GIVEN THE WEAK CAPPING WITH H7
TEMPS AROUND +6 TO +8C...THINK THAT OTHER STORMS MAY ALSO FORM
ALONG I-70 CORRIDOR IN WEAK SURFACE CONFLUENT FLOW PATTERN ALONG
THE OLD FRONT. 50 POPS WILL BE IN THE FORECAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE FA WITH 30-40 POPS
ELSEWHERE. THE GREATEST SEVERE WX THREAT SHOULD WANE DURING THE
03-05Z TIME FRAME.

REGARDING TOMORROW...LOW POPS...10 TO 15...WILL BE IN THE FORECAST
WITH STILL A WEAK CAP WITH FAIRLY COOL 700MB TEMPS...BUT LOW LEVEL
FRONTOGENETIC FORCING WILL BE NON-EXISTENT FOR THE MOST PART WITH
BROAD RIDGING IN THE LOW LEVEL ACROSS THE PLAINS. WINDS WILL
BECOME UNIFORMLY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AS PRESSURES BEGIN TO LOWER
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT LARGE-
SCALE TROUGH. THURSDAY IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME STORY, ALTHOUGH IT
WILL LIKELY BE WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH
RISING THICKNESSES .  -UMSCHEID

DAYS 3-7...

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND THICKNESS GRADIENT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD
AFTER WEDNESDAY ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT TO DEVELOP AND
GENERALLY LIGHT BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS. ABUNDANT INSOLATION WILL LEAD
TO WARM DAYS IN THE MID TO PERHAPS UPPER 80S, BEFORE THE NEXT WAVE
ARRIVES FOR THE WEEKEND PERIOD. THE LARGE UPPER LOW NOW DROPPING
SOUTH OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST WILL DEVELOP A LARGE BROAD
TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES BY LATE IN THE WEEK.
SATURDAY APPEARS UNSTABLE  WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT UPPER FORCING, SO ANY
CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS MAY  BE CLOSELY  TIED TO SURFACE CONVERGENCE
AND MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN, WITH THE RIGHT  REAR QUAD OF THE JET
STILL LAGGING A BIT WEST. A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER
PATTERN MAY BE SEEN BY SUNDAY AS A CENTRAL PLAINS SURFACE BOUNDARY
DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS AND THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE UPPER
JET MAX BEGINS TO HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WITH
INCREASED BULK SHEAR AND STRONGER DIVERGENCE ALOFT. THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL ALSO BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA BY
MONDAY, BUT AN OVERALL ZONAL PATTERN ALOFT THAT IS INDICATED BY THE
MODELS FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR
DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS WITH A EASTWARD MOVING DRYLINE IN
THE AFTERNOONS, AND AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE QUICKLY
RETURNING FROM BEHIND THE WASHED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

&&

.AVIATION...

DEVELOPING CONVECTION ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL EXPAND
EASTWARD THIS EVENING, BRINGING A FAIRLY GOOD CONFIDENCE CHANCE FOR
AT LEAST VCTS AT OUR WESTERN MOST TERMINALS. LOW IFR CEILINGS AND
IFR VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY NEAR SURFACE BASED CONVECTION AS
WELL AS VARIABLE DIRECTION GUSTY WINDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  61  81  61  86 /  40  10  10  10
GCK  59  80  59  86 /  40  20  20  10
EHA  58  81  58  86 /  50  20  20  10
LBL  59  81  59  87 /  50  10  20  10
HYS  62  80  62  84 /  30  20  10  10
P28  64  83  64  88 /  30  10  10  10

&&

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

FN25/33/33

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 2:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
329 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-261200-
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-
329 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 /229 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THESE STORMS
EXPECTED TO EXPAND FURTHER NORTH AND EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL EXIST THROUGH 8 PM FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ANY STORMS TO RAPIDLY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE ALONG WITH
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED BRIEF
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. IN
ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT, LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS
MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. HOWEVER, WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS FOR PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. CHANCES FOR
SEVERE WEATHER REMAIN TO BE DETERMINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING OVER
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD
MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW FOR QUICK DEPLOYMENT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-261200-
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-
EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
329 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 8 PM
THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH
WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED, A FEW STRONG TO
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A THREAT OF HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE,
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ALL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS
MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. HOWEVER, WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS FOR PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. CHANCES FOR
SEVERE WEATHER REMAIN TO BE DETERMINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 11:38 AM MDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1238 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

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

0715 PM     HAIL             9 ESE KALVESTA          38.02N 100.11W
05/24/2010  E0.75 INCH       HODGEMAN           KS   PUBLIC

&&

01

Local storm report, May 25, 12:37 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
137 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

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

0605 PM     HAIL             16 ESE FRIEND           38.14N 100.66W
05/24/2010  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

            THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION AT THE
            SAME TIME.

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     16 ESE FRIEND           38.14N 100.66W
05/24/2010                   FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

            SHED DOORS BLOWN OFF. SOUTH FACING DOORS BLOWN IN AND
            WEST FACING DOORS BLOWN ABOUT 200 FEET AWAY.

0750 PM     TSTM WND GST     11 NNE ELLIS            39.08N 99.49W
05/24/2010  E70.00 MPH       ELLIS              KS   PUBLIC

0845 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 N HARDTNER            37.09N 98.64W
05/24/2010  E60.00 MPH       BARBER             KS   PUBLIC

            ONE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, May 25, 2:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

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

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NNW COLDWATER        37.40N 99.38W
05/25/2010                   KIOWA              KS   PUBLIC

            THE WINDS BLEW TREE BRANCHES DOWN THAT WERE 1 TO 2 INCHES
            IN DIAMETER.

&&

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Local storm report, May 25, 2:02 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
302 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

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

0615 PM     HAIL             21 NE GARDEN CITY       38.19N 100.59W
05/24/2010  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, May 25, 2:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
311 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

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

0305 PM     HAIL             2 ENE THE SAUNDERS ELEV 37.48N 102.00W
05/25/2010  E1.25 INCH       STANTON            KS   STORM CHASER

&&

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Local storm report, May 25, 3:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
451 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

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

0318 PM     HAIL             5 NNE THE SAUNDERS ELEV 37.54N 102.00W
05/25/2010  E0.75 INCH       STANTON            KS   PUBLIC

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	38 min
May 24, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	48 min
May 24, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	44 min
May 24, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	52 min
May 24, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush	49 min
May 24, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	38 min
May 24, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	55 min
May 24, 11:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	63 min
May 25, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.