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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 2011Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2011, 8:04 PM CDT for Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 25, 2011, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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
Jun 25, 8:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Fessenden, ND	REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA... QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
Jun 25, 8:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Fessenden, ND

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 1619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

387 
WUUS53 KBIS 260104
SVRBIS
NDC103-260200-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0064.110626T0104Z-110626T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
804 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BOWDON...OR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMRICK...CATHAY...FESSENDEN AND BREMEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4758 9926 4756 9926 4740 9955 4752 9983
      4777 9948 4774 9928 4769 9928 4767 9925
      4759 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 213DEG 26KT 4754 9963
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SIMOSKO

3 follow-up statements

810 
WWUS53 KBIS 260109
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC103-260200-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110626T0200Z/
WELLS ND-
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WELLS
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMRICK...OR 51 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS
LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMRICK...FESSENDEN...CATHAY AND BREMEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT
701-223-4582.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4758 9926 4756 9926 4740 9955 4752 9983
      4777 9948 4774 9928 4769 9928 4767 9925
      4759 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 213DEG 26KT 4757 9960
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

SIMOSKO

744 
WWUS53 KBIS 260121
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
821 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC103-260200-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110626T0200Z/
WELLS ND-
821 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WELLS
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMRICK...OR 46 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS
LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BREMEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT
701-223-4582.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4758 9926 4756 9927 4745 9947 4760 9971
      4777 9948 4774 9929 4769 9928 4767 9925
      4759 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 213DEG 26KT 4764 9954
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

SIMOSKO

567 
WWUS53 KBIS 260135
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
835 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC103-260200-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110626T0200Z/
WELLS ND-
835 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
WELLS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBERG...OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DEVILS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BREMEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT
701-223-4582.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4758 9926 4756 9927 4750 9940 4764 9964
      4777 9948 4774 9929 4769 9928 4767 9925
      4759 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 213DEG 26KT 4771 9946
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

SIMOSKO

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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
743 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

.UPDATE...ADJUSTED POPS...WEATHER...TEMPS AND WINDS FOR CURRENT
TRENDS. &&

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CONTINUING TO MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ND. STORMS HAD EXTREME RAINFALL
RATES WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WITH SOME
OF THESE STORMS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 1 INCH
AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THIS AREA
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED FROM AROUND BEULAH SOUTHWEST
TO HEBRON. A FEW OTHER STORMS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST ND
RIGHT ALONG THE SD BORDER. UPDATED FORECAST TO TRIM POPS AND
ADJUST WEATHER WHERE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PASSED TO THE EAST. ALSO
ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPS AND WINDS CLOSER TO OBSERVED VALUES.
&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY...AT JUST ABOUT ANYTIME AND AT ANY AERODROME. THUS
HAVE SKEWED THE TAFS TOWARD VCTS AND VCSH UNTIL RADAR CLEARLY
DEFINES WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WHERE WE DO RECEIVE THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT
MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES.
&&

.HYDROLOGY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ALTHOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...THE MAIN THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. IMPULSES
ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THE
SPARK AND WE HAVE AN INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT
SETTING UP TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE IS QUITE LOW OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL...WITH 3 HOUR
VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT
IS EXPECTED TO END SUNDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW GETS SHOVED
INTO EASTERN CANADA...WHICH PUSHES THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NDZ020-023-025-033>037-040>048-050-051.

&&

JNS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 7:12 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
712 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-270015-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
712 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 /612 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POTENTIALLY STRONG TO SEVERE...ARE
POSSIBLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING
OR HEAVY RAINFALL TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582.

JNS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
647 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0623 PM     TSTM WND GST     MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
06/25/2011  E63.00 MPH       WARD               ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER IN MINOT NORTH HILL REPORTED STRAIGHT LINE
            WINDS... PEA SIZE HAIL... AND 0.39 OF RAIN IN 5 TO 15
            MINS

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
702 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0701 PM     HAIL             WILLOW CITY             48.60N 100.29W
06/25/2011  M0.75 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LHUBER

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
715 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDZ019-021-260115-
MCLEAN-MERCER-
715 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION AREA AND BEULAH BAY RECREATION AREA BY 740
  PM CDT...
  HAZEN BAY RECREATION AREA BY 750 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

SIMOSKO

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:22 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
722 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0717 PM     HEAVY RAIN       UPHAM                   48.58N 100.73W
06/25/2011  M2.90 INCH       MCHENRY            ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA... 2.9 IN 15 MINS

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:24 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
724 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0720 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW BANTRY             48.52N 100.64W
06/25/2011  E60 MPH          MCHENRY            ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:57 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
757 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0720 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW BARTON             48.53N 100.21W
06/25/2011  E60.00 MPH       PIERCE             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

NHEINERT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	28 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Rolette	54 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	63 min
Jun 25, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	63 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Pierce, Wells	4 hr
Jun 25, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	58 min
Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Wells	58 min
Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	54 min
Jun 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	53 min
Jun 25, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	27 min
Jun 25, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster	26 min
Jun 26, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	65 min
Jun 26, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	6 hr
Jun 26, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	43 hr

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.