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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 2011Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 6:09 PM CDT for Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 19 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: Jun 15, 2011, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2011, 6:28 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 15, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 Sw Dickson, TN	THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 60 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL IN FAR SOUTHWEST DICKSON COUNTY.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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 15, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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: 2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

856 
WUUS54 KOHX 152309
SVROHX
TNC043-081-085-152345-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0274.110615T2309Z-110615T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
609 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR MCEWEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DICKSON...
  BURNS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. DO NOT
STAY OUTDOORS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 8760 3607 8718 3599 8719 3598 8721
      3594 8720 3589 8721 3592 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 276DEG 29KT 3599 8756

$$

FORECASTER: 31

2 follow-up statements

434 
WWUS54 KOHX 152322
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
622 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNC085-152332-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-110615T2345Z/
HUMPHREYS TN-
622 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3606 8749 3603 8718 3599 8719 3598 8721
      3595 8720 3589 8721 3592 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 276DEG 29KT 3598 8743

$$

TNC043-081-152345-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-110615T2345Z/
HICKMAN TN-DICKSON TN-
622 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
DICKSON AND NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKSON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN DICKSON AND NORTHEASTERN
  HICKMAN COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3606 8749 3603 8718 3599 8719 3598 8721
      3595 8720 3589 8721 3592 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 276DEG 29KT 3598 8743

$$
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651 
WWUS54 KOHX 152328
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
628 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNC043-081-152338-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-110615T2345Z/
HICKMAN TN-DICKSON TN-
628 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DICKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3606 8749 3603 8718 3599 8719 3598 8721
      3595 8720 3589 8721 3592 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 276DEG 29KT 3597 8737

$$
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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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
348 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

.DISCUSSION...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING WEAK UL TROUGH WORKING INTO THE REGION.
AT THE SFC/LLS...WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE MID-STATE...
WHICH IS NOW JUST EAST OF BNA. GOOD INSTABILITY AND DECENT LL/ML
FLOW MIXED IN FUELING ONGOING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. OVERALL...
STORMS PRODUCING AT OR BELOW 1 INCH HAIL...WITH WIND GUSTS BELOW
50KT.

WEAK ML/UL TROUGH AND TRAILING COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS
LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL KEEP STRONG TO POSSIBLY ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS GOING WELL INTO THE EVENING AS GOOD INSTABILITY REMAINS
AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES. LARGE HAIL LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN
THREAT NORTH BUT THINGS HAVE WARMED BIGTIME ACROSS THE SOUTH...BREAKING
INVERSION. WIND DAMAGE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE.

ML/UL TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE BY ON THURSDAY SETTING UP ANOTHER NORTHWEST
FLOW REGIME ALOFT. AIRMASS WILL DRY SOME THURSDAY BUT CONVECTION DEVELOPING
UPSTREAM THURSDAY NIGHT MAY AGAIN RIDE DOWN OVER THE CWA EARLY FRIDAY...
BUT THEN BUILDING RIDGE WILL CUT INTO CONVECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THUS STORMS LIKELY TO BE ISO-SCT AT BEST.

ML/UL RIDGE AXIS GENERALLY HOLDS ACROSS THE MS RIVER THRU THE WEEKEND
WHICH WILL LIMIT CONVECTION AND BRING ANOTHER HEAT WAVE TO THE AREA.
ANY CONVECTION WILL BE VERY ISO AND TEMPS LIKELY TO CLIMB AS HIGH AS
THE MID-UPR 90S. THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST
PART OF NEXT WEEK.

BY WEDNESDAY...A BETTER CHANCE FOR PCPN AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ARE
ON TAP AS A ML/UL TROUGH APPROACHES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      66  91  69  92 /  30  05  20  30
CLARKSVILLE    65  90  69  91 /  10  05  20  30
CROSSVILLE     62  84  64  84 /  60  10  20  30
COLUMBIA       67  92  69  93 /  30  05  20  20
LAWRENCEBURG   67  92  69  93 /  50  05  20  20
WAVERLY        65  91  69  93 /  20  05  20  20

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

07

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:27 AM CDT, 12 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
527 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
527 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE TODAY.

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ALONG A FRONTAL SYSTEM TODAY. AN ORGANIZED
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. WARM AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COULD GENERATE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

04

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
443 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0425 PM     HAIL             8 WSW COALMONT          35.29N 85.84W
06/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       GRUNDY             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OBSERVED AT PELHAM

&&

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
511 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0505 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
06/15/2011  M2.00 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   PUBLIC

            2 INCH HAIL AT MCCABE GOLF COURSE IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:15 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
515 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0450 PM     HAIL             6 SW DICKSON            36.02N 87.45W
06/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       DICKSON            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0455 PM     HAIL             5 NE COLUMBIA           35.67N 86.99W
06/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       MAURY              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0502 PM     HAIL             4 SW DICKSON            36.04N 87.43W
06/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       DICKSON            TN   PUBLIC

0308 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHLAND CITY            36.28N 87.06W
06/15/2011                   CHEATHAM           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
520 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0458 PM     HAIL             6 WSW NASHVILLE         36.14N 86.88W
06/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   PUBLIC

            OBSERVED NEAR CHARLOTTE PIKE AND ANNEX DRIVE

&&

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S HOHENWALD           35.52N 87.56W
06/15/2011                   LEWIS              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W LAWRENCEBURG        35.25N 87.41W
06/15/2011                   LAWRENCE           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN PORTION OF
            THE COUNTY.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
559 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0547 PM     HAIL             WAVERLY                 36.09N 87.79W
06/15/2011  M1.25 INCH       HUMPHREYS          TN   PUBLIC

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN WAVERLY.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam	57 min
Jun 15, 11:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Putnam, Smith	28 min
Jun 15, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	24 min
Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam	63 min
Jun 15, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Pickett	15 min
Jun 15, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson	61 min
Jun 15, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson	49 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	62 min
Jun 15, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	65 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	33 min
Jun 15, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	28 min
Jun 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson	63 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	28 min
Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	54 min
Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	19 min
Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	63 min
Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne	27 min
Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Williamson	16 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	32 min
Jun 15, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury	29 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	36 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	28 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	31 min
Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	29 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lewis, Maury	13 min
Jun 15, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	35 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	48 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	31 min
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Williamson	34 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	37 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	14 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	32 min
Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson	3 hr
Jun 15, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Grundy	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	18 min

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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.