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Tornado Warning 146, NWS Jackson, MS

April 27, 2011Claiborne County, Copiah County, Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 2:42 PM CDT for Claiborne County, Copiah County, Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 6 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: Apr 27, 2011, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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
Apr 27, 3:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nnw Crystal Springs, MS	SPOTTERS REPORT TORNADO ON THE GROUND
Apr 27, 3:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Carpenter, MS	QUARTER HAIL REPORTED IN CARPENTER
Apr 27, 3:11 PM CDT	TORNADO 2	5 Nw Crystal Springs, MS	* 2 INJ * EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG THE COPIAH/HIND LINE JUST NW OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS TO JUST S OF TERRY. DAMAGE BEGAN JUST WEST OF GALLITON RD...THEN CROSSED HWY 27...MITCHEL LN/RD...THE INTO HIND CO WHERE IT CROSSED HALEY RD...MIDWAY RD AND I-55 BEFORE DI
Apr 27, 3:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Nw Crystal Springs, MS	* 1 INJ * AT LEAST 3 HOMES DAMAGED...TWO REPORTED AS DESTROYED NEAR THE HINDS COUNTY LINE.
Apr 27, 3:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Terry, MS	SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO CROSSING MIDWAY RD
Apr 27, 3:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Terry, MS

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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: 890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 449 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 786 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 21.2

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The text

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

242 
WFUS54 KJAN 271942
TORJAN
MSC021-029-049-272030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0146.110427T1942Z-110427T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
242 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
  SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRAM...
  EAST CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CARPENTER MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARPENTER BY 250 PM CDT...
  UTICA BY 255 PM CDT...
  DENTVILLE BY 300 PM CDT...
  DRY GROVE AND GALLMAN BY 310 PM CDT...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 315 PM CDT...
  TERRY AND HOPEWELL BY 320 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3205 9081 3225 9026 3215 9023 3213 9024
      3210 9023 3203 9024 3202 9022 3200 9022
      3198 9020 3190 9018 3189 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 251DEG 41KT 3196 9078

$$

DHB

4 follow-up statements

752 
WWUS54 KJAN 271956
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
256 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC021-272006-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-110427T2030Z/
CLAIBORNE MS-
256 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3192 9067 3205 9070 3225 9027 3224 9026
      3210 9023 3203 9024 3202 9022 3200 9022
      3198 9020 3190 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 251DEG 41KT 3201 9060

$$

MSC029-049-272030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-110427T2030Z/
HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
256 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COPIAH AND SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARPENTER MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DRY GROVE AND GALLMAN BY 310 PM CDT...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 315 PM CDT...
  TERRY AND HOPEWELL BY 320 PM CDT...
  BYRAM BY 325 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3192 9067 3205 9070 3225 9027 3224 9026
      3210 9023 3203 9024 3202 9022 3200 9022
      3198 9020 3190 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 251DEG 41KT 3201 9060

$$

DHB

548 
WWUS54 KJAN 272006
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC029-049-272030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-110427T2030Z/
HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
306 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COPIAH AND SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENTVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 315 PM CDT...
  TERRY AND HOPEWELL BY 320 PM CDT...
  BYRAM BY 325 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3192 9067 3205 9070 3225 9027 3224 9026
      3210 9023 3203 9024 3202 9022 3200 9022
      3198 9020 3190 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 251DEG 41KT 3201 9046

$$

980 
WWUS54 KJAN 272017 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
317 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC029-049-272030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-110427T2030Z/
HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
317 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COPIAH AND SOUTH CENTRAL HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRYSTAL SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TERRY AND BYRAM BY 325 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 9066 3225 9028 3215 9024 3210 9023
      3204 9024 3202 9022 3200 9022 3195 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 251DEG 41KT 3206 9036

$$

DHB

544 
WWUS54 KJAN 272022
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC029-049-272030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-110427T2030Z/
HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
322 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COPIAH AND SOUTH CENTRAL HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 321 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IS WATCHING A TORNADO JUST 
WEST OF TERRY...CROSSING MIDWAY ROAD. THIS IS CONFIRMED TORNADO! 
PEOPLE IN TERRY NEED TO BE IN SHELTER NOW! THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING 
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BYRAM BY 330 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 9066 3225 9028 3215 9024 3210 9023
      3204 9024 3202 9022 3200 9022 3195 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 248DEG 34KT 3207 9034

$$

CME

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	47 days
Apr 26, 9:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	37 hr
Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	2 hr
Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	64 min
Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	61 min
Apr 26, 11:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	59 min
Apr 26, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	46 min
Apr 27, 12:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	67 min
Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	48 min
Apr 27, 12:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Warren	116 min
Apr 27, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	54 min
Apr 27, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	52 min
Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	47 min
Apr 27, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Yazoo	60 min
Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	63 min
Apr 27, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison and 1 more	54 min
Apr 27, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery	67 min
Apr 27, 1:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes	37 min
Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	43 min
Apr 27, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	65 min
Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	47 min
Apr 27, 2:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	29 min
Apr 27, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	40 min
Apr 27, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	63 min
Apr 27, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren	46 min
Apr 27, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	54 min
Apr 27, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	40 min
Apr 27, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	48 min
Apr 27, 2:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	37 min
Apr 27, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin and 2 more	41 min
Apr 27, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	55 min
Apr 27, 3:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	49 min
Apr 27, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Simpson	61 min
Apr 27, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	17 min
Apr 27, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston	41 min
Apr 27, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, Winston	38 min
Apr 27, 3:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	31 min
Apr 27, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	45 min
Apr 27, 3:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	49 min
Apr 27, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton and 2 more	44 min
Apr 27, 4:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	27 min
Apr 27, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	45 min
Apr 27, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	32 min
Apr 27, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	31 min
Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	30 min
Apr 27, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	31 min
Apr 27, 5:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	27 min
Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	36 min
Apr 27, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	32 min
Apr 27, 6:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	27 min
Apr 27, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	42 min
Apr 27, 7:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	29 min
Apr 27, 7:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	9 min
Apr 27, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	52 min
Apr 27, 7:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	3 hr
Apr 27, 9:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	71 hr
Apr 27, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	60 min
Apr 27, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	28 min
Apr 27, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	23 hr
Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	29 min
Apr 27, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	53 min
Apr 27, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	36 min
Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	40 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	39 min
Apr 27, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower	54 min
Apr 27, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott	50 min
Apr 27, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	56 min
Apr 27, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	41 min
Apr 27, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada	53 min
Apr 27, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Webster	63 min
Apr 27, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	47 min
Apr 27, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Neshoba	47 min
Apr 27, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	42 min
Apr 27, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	56 min
Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	51 min
Apr 27, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	54 min
Apr 27, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	58 min
Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Montgomery	39 min
Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	50 min
Apr 27, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	54 min

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.