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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 17, 20134 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2013, 1:15 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 17, 2013, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 17, 1:46 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	6 Se Croft, KS	MOST OF THE HAIL WAS THE SIZE OF PEAS.
Apr 17, 1:52 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 Nw Lake City, KS

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

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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 551 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.

350 
WUUS53 KDDC 171815
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-151-171900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0026.130417T1815Z-130417T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
115 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 113 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST    
           OF AETNA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AETNA...WILMORE...SUN CITY...LAKE CITY...BELVIDERE...CROFT...COATS
  AND SAWYER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9920 3755 9866 3700 9895 3700 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 202DEG 51KT 3704 9914

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

3 follow-up statements

764 
WWUS53 KDDC 171840
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
140 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

KSC007-033-097-151-171900-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130417T1900Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
140 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
COMANCHE...WESTERN BARBER...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 138 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
AETNA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUN CITY...LAKE CITY...BELVIDERE...CROFT AND COATS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9922 3757 9920 3755 9866 3700 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 202DEG 51KT 3719 9895

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

571 
WWUS53 KDDC 171852
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
152 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

KSC007-033-097-151-171900-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130417T1900Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
152 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN
PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 150 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CITY...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUN CITY...LAKE CITY...BELVIDERE...CROFT AND COATS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3724 9884 3729 9907 3757 9920 3755 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 202DEG 51KT 3735 9887

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

639 
WWUS53 KDDC 171858
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
158 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

KSC007-033-097-151-171909-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130417T1900Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
158 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...
NORTHWESTERN BARBER...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT/100 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3724 9884 3729 9907 3757 9920 3755 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 202DEG 51KT 3744 9882

$$

JJOHNSON

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 Apr 17, 12:49 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:49 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1249 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 211 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY AND
TEMPERATURES INTO TONIGHT.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL OPEN TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST AND SOUTHWEST CONUS AND INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. THE NAM MODEL
KEEPS THE COLD AIR AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE INTO WESTERN KANSAS
TODAY WITH A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS BY
THIS EVENING. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A WARM FRONT LIFTING
NORTHWARD INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT
CANNOT RESOLVE THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS LIKE THE NAM MODEL. WILL
CONTINUE WITH USING THE NAM FOR THIS FORECAST. CURRENT THUNDERSTORM
CLUSTER JUST NORTH AND EAST OF DODGE CITY WAS QUICKLY MOVING
NORTHEAST AND SHOULD BE EXITING THE HAYS AREA IN A FEW HOURS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ON THE NOSE OF A JET STREAK SHOWN ON WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY, AND AUGMENTED BY WARM ADVECTION, AND ISENTROPIC LIFT
OVER THE COLD AIR AND WERE ELEVATED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM
TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO ASHLAND
WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
FROM SAINT JOHN TO COLDWATER AND EAST. CAPE VALUES LOOK TO RANGE
FROM 1000 TO 1500 J/KG IN THE SEVERE AREA WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS AND POSSIBLY LARGER. AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL STICK
AROUND UNTIL NOON, THEN PROFILES SHOW THE DEPTH OF THE MOIST LAYER
DECREASING TO SUPPORT DRIZZLE. HIGHS LOOK TO BE COOL AGAIN TODAY AND
RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 40S EXCEPT AROUND 52 AT MEDICINE LODGE.

THIS EVENING NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL ALSO
MOVE FROM NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH AROUND 1/2 INCH FROM
ELKHART TO GARDEN CITY AND HAYS AND WEST, AND LESS AS YOU GO EAST.
OVERNIGHTS LOWS LOOK TO BE IN THE MID 20S AND AROUND 32 AT
MEDICINE LODGE.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 354 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MENTIONED IN THE SHORT TERM DISCUSSION WILL
PULL AWAY FROM WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY, WITH WINDY, CLOUDY AND COLD
CONDITIONS ONLY SLOWLY GIVING WAY TO PARTIAL SUN. THERE IS ONLY
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MORNING LIGHT SNOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES
SHOULD ONLY REACH INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES AND 5 TO 10 KT WINDS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD EASILY FALL INTO THE
20S THURSDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE IDEAL (WINDS WILL BE 5
TO 10 KTS) FOR STRONGER RADIATIONAL COOLING THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED
IN TEENS.

WARMER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS
REACHING INTO THE 50S TO LOWER 60S FRIDAY, 60S TO NEAR 70 SATURDAY
AND 60S SUNDAY. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PASS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS BY SATURDAY NIGHT. BUT GIVEN THE LACK OF DEEP
MOISTURE AND WEAKNESS OF THE SYSTEM, PRECIPITATION IS UNLIKELY.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM, A STRONGER SYSTEM IS ADVERTISED TO DIG
INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND THEN PROGRESS
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE SHOULD
BE SUFFICIENT LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE BY THIS TIME
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN AND ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO TAP MORE ARCTIC AIR SO THAT TEMPERATURES COULD FALL
INTO THE 20S BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. SOME SNOW CANNOT
BE RULED OUT EITHER DEPENDING ON THE AMPLITUDE OF THE UPPER
TROUGH.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1249 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

A COOL MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL KEEP IFR/LIFR
CIGS IN PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AREAS
OF DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL AT GARDEN CITY AND DODGE
CITY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF HAYS THROUGH PARTS OF
THE AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS THIS
EVENING AND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOPING
BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z. CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMPROVING AROUND 10-12Z
WITH CIGS AND VSBYS IMPROVING INTO THE MVFR/VFR CATEGORY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  44  26  41  24 /  30  50  10   0
GCK  44  25  40  23 /  30  60  20   0
EHA  45  25  41  24 /  30  50  10   0
LBL  45  26  43  24 /  20  50  10   0
HYS  43  26  39  23 /  50  60  30  10
P28  50  31  44  26 /  50  60  10   0

&&

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

SHORT TERM...KRUSE
LONG TERM...FINCH
AVIATION...GERARD

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 3:32 AM CDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
332 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-181000-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
332 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013 /232 AM MDT WED APR 17 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT,
MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, WITH LARGE HAIL AROUND QUARTER SIZE, WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF A LINE FROM
SAINT JOHN TO COLDWATER. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE
CAPABLE OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AT 25 TO 40 MPH AS A SECONDARY
COLD FRONT BLASTS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS, BUT ONLY MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING CAN BE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG WITH SOME RAIN AND SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SOME STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

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

0105 AM     HAIL             5 WSW HAVILAND          37.59N 99.18W
04/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       KIOWA              KS   PUBLIC

&&

JRJ

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
859 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

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

1229 AM     HAIL             COLDWATER               37.26N 99.34W
04/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0105 AM     HAIL             5 WSW HAVILAND          37.59N 99.18W
04/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       KIOWA              KS   PUBLIC

0107 AM     HAIL             1 SSW HAVILAND          37.61N 99.11W
04/17/2013  M0.88 INCH       KIOWA              KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JRJ

Local storm report, Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1242 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

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

1238 PM     HAIL             5 NNW PROTECTION        37.27N 99.50W
04/17/2013  E0.75 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MSCOTT

Local storm report, Apr 17, 12:49 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1249 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

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

1240 PM     HAIL             3 S BUTTERMILK          37.06N 99.34W
04/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

&&

MSCOTT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	55 min
Apr 17, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	44 min
Apr 17, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	43 min
Apr 17, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	65 min
Apr 17, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	49 min
Apr 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	19 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.