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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Omaha, NE

April 14, 2012Gage County, Jefferson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT for Gage County, Jefferson County, Nebraska. 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: Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 14, 4:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beatrice, NE	TREE BRANCHES DOWN. BARN DAMAGED. WINDOWS BLOWN IN. TIME ESTIMATED.

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 7 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
Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 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.

618 
WUUS53 KOAX 142053
SVROAX
NEC067-095-142115-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0038.120414T2053Z-120414T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
353 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS 
  INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE FIRST STORM 
  WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH...OR 37 MILES SOUTHWEST 
  OF BEATRICE.  THE SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HADDAM.  BOTH 
  STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEATRICE...WYMORE...BLUE SPRINGS...ODELL...DILLER...PICKRELL...
  FILLEY...ENDICOTT...STEELE CITY...
  VIRGINIA AND HARBINE. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 191.
 HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 29.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND 
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A 
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY 
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4000 9737 4015 9709 4031 9692 4044 9666
      4043 9647 4025 9647 4000 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 233DEG 43KT 4025 9688 3992 9729 
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BOUSTEAD/MAYES

2 follow-up statements

956 
WWUS53 KOAX 142104
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
404 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEC067-095-142115-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120414T2115Z/
GAGE NE-JEFFERSON NE-
404 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM 
CDT FOR GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEROLOGISTS INDICATED TWO 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE FIRST STORM WAS LOCATED 27 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE.  THE SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES 
WEST OF HOLLENBURG.  BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEATRICE...WYMORE...BLUE SPRINGS...ODELL...DILLER...PICKRELL...
FILLEY...ENDICOTT...STEELE CITY...VIRGINIA AND HARBINE. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 191.
 HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 29.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND 
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A 
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9737 4015 9709 4031 9692 4044 9666
      4043 9647 4025 9647 4000 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 232DEG 43KT 4032 9672 4001 9713 
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BOUSTEAD/MAYES

815 
WWUS53 KOAX 142115
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
415 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEC095-067-142125-
/O.EXP.KOAX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120414T2115Z/
GAGE NE-JEFFERSON NE-
415 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES 
HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW 
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...
AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM.

LAT...LON 4000 9737 4015 9709 4031 9692 4044 9666
      4043 9647 4025 9647 4000 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 233DEG 43KT 4032 9672 4001 9713 

$$

BOUSTEAD/MAYES

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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
255 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

.DISCUSSION...

SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE EVENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA WITH DRY SLOT WORKING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
EXTENDING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH MOST OF
THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOME LINGERING SHOWERS MAINLY
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ALSO LIKELY ON SUNDAY WITH
POTENTIAL FOR A WIND ADVISORY BUT WILL PASS TO LATER SHIFTS TO
HANDLE ANY ISSUANCE. NEXT UPPER WAVE COMING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT MAY TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS BUT
SPOTTY ENOUGH TO LIMIT MENTION AT THIS TIME.

LOAD AND GO TODAY WITH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH LITTLE CHANGE
TO PREVIOUS TRENDS.

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK.

PERIODS OF STRONG CONVECTION EXPECTED THROUGH 06Z WITH
DRY SLOT WORKING IN BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z. STRONG SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST FLOW SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

FOBERT/MEYER

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 11:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1143 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-150645-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
1143 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE AFTER 3 PM AND BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE
NORTH WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS TRACKING NORTHEAST WITH LARGE HAIL
BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.

A MORE POTENT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STILL EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE INITIAL MORNING THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF
THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRST EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS WARM AND
MOIST AIR RETURNS TO THE AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE STRONGLY
UNSTABLE...THIS ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING VERY LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SUNDAY MORNING...ON TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 2:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
246 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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

0242 PM     HEAVY RAIN       RED OAK                 41.01N 95.22W
04/14/2012  M2.25 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            QUITE A BIT OF STREET FLOODING IN RED OAK FROM 40 MINUTES
            OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

&&

LANDSVORK

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
300 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEZ078-088-142030-
JEFFERSON NE-SALINE NE-
300 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...OR 33 MILES WEST
OF BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRETE...WILBER...DE WITT...PLYMOUTH...WESTERN...DAYKIN...TOBIAS
AND SWANTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4018 9738 4021 9736 4059 9737 4062 9736
      4064 9691 4027 9692 4016 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 234DEG 35KT 4026 9739

MAYES

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:02 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
302 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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

0250 PM     HAIL             2 SW GRANT              41.12N 95.01W
04/14/2012  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IA   PUBLIC

&&

LANDSVORK

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
326 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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

0321 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DAYKIN                  40.32N 97.30W
04/14/2012                   JEFFERSON          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 INCH DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN...SOME ONTO HOMES.

&&

VDEWALD

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:41 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
341 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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

0335 PM     HAIL             9 S BURCHARD            40.02N 96.35W
04/14/2012  M1.50 INCH       PAWNEE             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALONG HIGHWAY 99 ON THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE LINE.

&&

VDEWALD

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:48 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
348 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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

0347 PM     FLOOD            RED OAK                 41.01N 95.22W
04/14/2012                   MONTGOMERY         IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

&&

PEARSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	58 min
Apr 14, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	25 min
Apr 14, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage	30 min
Apr 14, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone	26 min
Apr 14, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce	37 min
Apr 14, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce	36 min
Apr 14, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	37 min
Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	32 min
Apr 14, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	60 min
Apr 14, 1:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	2 hr
Apr 14, 2:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	119 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cuming, Thurston	44 min
Apr 14, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Jefferson	25 min
Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saline	30 min
Apr 14, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	51 min
Apr 14, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Pawnee	28 min
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha	30 min
Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Otoe	34 min
Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe	2 hr
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe	2 hr
Apr 14, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe	27 min
Apr 14, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Otoe	34 min
Apr 14, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Otoe	31 min
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Otoe	24 min
Apr 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass	25 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.