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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2013Brewster County, Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2013, 6:58 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2013, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 3771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

130 
WUUS54 KMAF 232358
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-443-240100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0048.130523T2358Z-130524T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
658 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 30
  MILES SOUTH OF LONGFELLOW...OR 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  LONGFELLOW...
  SANDERSON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2995 10307 3050 10248 2982 10217 2984 10219
      2984 10223 2987 10231 2984 10236 2976 10238
      2978 10250 2974 10254 2976 10257 2973 10264
      2973 10267 2967 10269 2963 10273 2960 10274
      2959 10276 2955 10277 2952 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 209DEG 35KT 2976 10279

$$

1 follow-up statement

988 
WWUS54 KMAF 240027
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
727 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXC043-371-443-240100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130524T0100Z/
PECOS TX-TERRELL TX-BREWSTER TX-
727 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR ABOUT 29 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
LONGFELLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2995 10307 3050 10248 2982 10217 2984 10219
      2984 10223 2987 10231 2984 10236 2976 10238
      2978 10250 2974 10254 2976 10257 2973 10264
      2973 10267 2967 10269 2963 10273 2960 10274
      2959 10276 2955 10277 2952 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 210DEG 22KT 2997 10282

$$

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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
649 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOCUS THIS FORECAST IS AROUND THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS SOME SEVERE
AROUND THE AREA. FOR THE NEAR TERM THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
AT TAF SITES IN MINIMAL. STILL WILL KEEP TEMPO GROUPS THRU 02Z-05Z
POSSIBLE MVFR CIGS ASSOCD WITH TSTMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE
LATER FRI PM AND HAVE INCLUDED PROB30.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 222 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013/

DISCUSSION...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS TAKING SHAPE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S AND CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3 KJ/KG
ACROSS AREAS EAST OF A DRYLINE LOCATED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
TRANS PECOS. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE CWA. MID LEVEL LIFT IS
PRESENT WITH GOOD OMEGA VALUES AND A SHORTWAVE MOVING NEAR THE
AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH THE GOOD MOISTURE...LIFT AND INSTABILITY PRESENT. A
TORNADO WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10
PM CDT. THE SOMEWHAT MODEST SHEAR VALUES WOULD BE THE ONLY
PROHIBITING FACTOR KEEPING STORMS FROM REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.
MODELS INDICATE A POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPING NEAR CHILDRESS TX LATE
THIS EVENING AND MOVING SOUTHWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE
STORM COMPLEX MAY IMPACT THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY BUT THIS MAY CHANGE AS NEW MODEL
DATA COMES IN THIS EVENING.

EXPECT MORE STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN PLENTIFUL AND UPPER LIFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO WHERE THE CONVECTION WILL
DEVELOP.  LAPSE RATES...CAPE AND SHEAR APPEAR TO BE LESS IMPRESSIVE
SO DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANY IN TERMS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
PWATS REMAIN ABOVE 1 INCH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY SO HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE CONVECTION.  KEPT RAIN AND
STORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY WITH MID LEVEL LIFT NEAR THE
AREA AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL PRESENT.  THE RAIN COOLED AIR AND
INCREASED CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL VALUES.  RAIN CHANCES DECREASE
FOR SUNDAY AS THE SHORTWAVES MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.

DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL
REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS LEAVING THE REGION IN SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT.  A DRYLINE WILL BE PRESENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SO
STORMS WILL REMAIN A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY.  THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE
EASTWARD DURING MID WEEK WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BECOMING MORE
POSSIBLE DUE TO INCREASING UPPER LIFT AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.
DECREASING HEIGHTS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING TOO HOT NEXT WEEK.  MORNING LOWS ARE
EXPECTED TO STAY ON THE WARM SIDE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF GOOD LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
427 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-242130-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
427 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 /327 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST
TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. SOME STORMS
IN THIS AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED
HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THOUGH SOME STORMS
COULD BE STRONG...PARTICULARLY SATURDAY...THOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:07 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
607 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXZ074-080-240000-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-
607 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO...NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFF
DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CAMP MITRE PEAK AT 607 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3056 10350 3037 10378 3052 10392 3067 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 221DEG 12KT 3047 10378

Local storm report, May 23, 6:07 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
607 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0600 PM     HAIL             3 WSW ALPINE            30.35N 103.71W
05/23/2013  E0.88 INCH       BREWSTER           TX   PUBLIC

&&

GREGORY.MURDOCH

Local storm report, May 23, 6:08 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
608 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 WNW FLUVANNA          32.91N 101.20W
05/23/2013  E62 MPH          BORDEN             TX   MESONET

&&

GREGORY.MURDOCH

Local storm report, May 23, 6:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
636 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0610 PM     HAIL             16 S MARATHON           29.98N 103.24W
05/23/2013  M1.75 INCH       BREWSTER           TX   PUBLIC

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

Local storm report, May 23, 6:41 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
641 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0622 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NW SNYDER             32.74N 100.96W
05/23/2013  E60 MPH          SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

Local storm report, May 23, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
656 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

0550 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SE RIO GRANDE VILLAGE 29.18N 102.95W
05/23/2013  M63 MPH          BREWSTER           TX   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	32 min
May 23, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	60 min
May 23, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	53 min
May 23, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	38 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	50 min
May 23, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	27 min
May 23, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	55 min
May 23, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	62 min
May 23, 4:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 23, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	57 min
May 23, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	25 min
May 23, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	53 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Winkler	67 min
May 23, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	58 min
May 23, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	25 min
May 23, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	66 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		30 min
May 23, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	65 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Winkler	62 min
May 23, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	60 min
May 23, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		54 min
May 23, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	56 min
May 23, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	54 min
May 23, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	61 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	55 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio	55 min
May 23, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	62 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	64 min
May 23, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	53 min
May 23, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	63 min
May 23, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	34 min
May 23, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.