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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2013, 4:04 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 25, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191 WWUS74 KMOB 250904 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 404 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY WITH A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH COLDER NORTHERLY AIR OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251715- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0013.130325T1600Z-130325T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.A.0001.130326T0600Z-130326T1300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 404 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WIND AND WIND GUSTS RISING ABOVE CRITERIA LEVEL BY LATE MORNING. TEMPS DROPPING BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT * WINDS...RISING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S WELL INLAND TO AROUND FREEZING INLAND FROM THE COAST. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL MAKE DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES HAZARDOUS...ALONG WITH BLOWING LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING WILL AFFECT TENDER PLANTS AND NEW GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
635 WWUS74 KMOB 250908 CCA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 407 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY WITH A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH COLDER NORTHERLY AIR OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251730- /O.COR.KMOB.WI.Y.0013.130325T1600Z-130325T2300Z/ /O.COR.KMOB.FZ.A.0001.130326T0600Z-130326T1300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 407 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WIND AND WIND GUSTS RISING ABOVE CRITERIA LEVEL BY LATE MORNING. TEMPS DROPPING BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT * WINDS...RISING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S WELL INLAND TO AROUND FREEZING INLAND FROM THE COAST. A FEW LOCALITIES CAN SEE LOWER 20S WELL INLAND. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL MAKE DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES HAZARDOUS...ALONG WITH BLOWING LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING WILL AFFECT TENDER PLANTS AND NEW GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
511 WWUS74 KMOB 251613 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1113 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY WITH A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH COLDER NORTHERLY AIR OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130325T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.A.0001.130326T0600Z-130326T1300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1113 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WIND AND WIND GUSTS RISING ABOVE CRITERIA LEVEL BY MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...RISING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S WELL INLAND TO AROUND FREEZING INLAND FROM THE COAST. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL MAKE DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES HAZARDOUS...ALONG WITH BLOWING LIGHT... UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING WILL AFFECT TENDER PLANTS AND NEW GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
921 WWUS74 KMOB 251845 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 145 PM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH COLDER NORTHERLY AIR OVER THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT...ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO REACH OR DROP BELOW FREEZING AT MOST LOCATIONS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-252300- /O.UPG.KMOB.FZ.A.0001.130326T0600Z-130326T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.130326T0600Z-130326T1300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130325T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 145 PM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...WIND AND WIND GUSTS STAYING ABOVE CRITERIA LEVEL THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...BEGINNING WITH LOCATIONS WELL INLAND. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S WELL INLAND TO AROUND FREEZING JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL MAKE DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES HAZARDOUS...ALONG WITH BLOWING LIGHT... UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING WILL AFFECT TENDER PLANTS AND NEW GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
896 WWUS74 KMOB 252325 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 625 PM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN SPEED...WHILE COLDER AIR ALSO SPREADS OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH OR DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260730- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130325T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.130326T0600Z-130326T1300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 625 PM CDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S WELL INLAND TO AROUND FREEZING JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING WILL AFFECT TENDER PLANTS AND NEW GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. RESIDENTS MAY WANT TO BRING PETS IN FROM THE COLD TONIGHT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:22 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:04 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:45 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.