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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 3, 2014Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; Little River County, Miller County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2014, 10:42 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; Little River County, Miller County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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 3, 2014, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 3, 10:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Ashdown, AR	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Ashdown, AR	TREES DOWN
Apr 3, 11:08 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	3 N Texarkana, AR
Apr 3, 11:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Texarkana, AR
Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	3 E Texarkana, AR	PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 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 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

073 
WUUS54 KSHV 040342
SVRSHV
ARC081-091-OKC089-TXC037-067-040430-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0052.140404T0342Z-140404T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1042 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAKE VILLAGE...TEXARKANA...SIMMS...
  NEW BOSTON...
  NORTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOREMAN...ASHDOWN...
  NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TEXARKANA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NEW BOSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  REDWATER...HOOKS...RICHMOND...NASH...ALLEENE...WILTON...OGDEN...
  MANDEVILLE AND GENOA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3379 9419 3378 9416 3379 9410 3378 9405
      3334 9379 3325 9439 3324 9457 3358 9475
      3361 9475 3381 9425 3381 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 248DEG 36KT 3349 9437

$$

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1 follow-up statement

263 
WWUS54 KSHV 040415
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1115 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

OKC089-TXC067-040425-
/O.CAN.KSHV.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140404T0430Z/
MCCURTAIN OK-CASS TX-
1115 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CASS AND MCCURTAIN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3381 9419 3379 9419 3378 9416 3379 9410
      3378 9405 3334 9379 3330 9409 3330 9411
      3329 9414 3331 9416 3328 9424 3374 9442
      3381 9425 3380 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 248DEG 36KT 3361 9400

$$

ARC081-091-TXC037-040430-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140404T0430Z/
LITTLE RIVER AR-MILLER AR-BOWIE TX-
1115 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR BOWIE...MILLER AND LITTLE RIVER COUNTIES...

AT 1112 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGDEN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ASHDOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMAN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3381 9419 3379 9419 3378 9416 3379 9410
      3378 9405 3334 9379 3330 9409 3330 9411
      3329 9414 3331 9416 3328 9424 3374 9442
      3381 9425 3380 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 248DEG 36KT 3361 9400

$$

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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 3, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
921 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

.DISCUSSION...
A SLOW START TO CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS EVENING DUE TO DELAYED
EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF DRYLINE. SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADIC SIGNATURES BEGINNING TO DRIFT
EAST TOWARD RED RIVER AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.
LATEST RAOB FROM KSHV INDICATES A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. PREVIOUS
CAP FROM EARLIER TODAY HAS SENSE ERODED. EXPECTING CONVECTION TO
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE REGION. HENCE...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 56 HAS BEEN
ISSUED...WHICH IS AN EXTENSION TO THE PREVIOUS WATCH AND
INCORPORATES PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND DEEP EAST TEXAS.
WATCH TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM.

DUE TO THE DELAY IN DRYLINE/COLD FRONT ARRIVAL...ALSO WENT AHEAD
AND RAISED OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION AND
INCREASED POPS FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPDATES ARE ALREADY OUT. /05/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  63  71  46  67  51 /  70   0   0  20  40
MLU  64  74  46  65  50 /  70  20   0  20  50
DEQ  56  67  38  66  47 /  70   0   0  10  20
TXK  58  68  44  66  49 /  70   0   0  10  30
ELD  63  71  43  66  49 /  70   0   0  10  40
TYR  58  70  46  65  50 /  70   0   0  20  30
GGG  60  70  46  66  50 /  70   0   0  20  30
LFK  64  72  48  67  54 /  50  10  10  30  40

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 11:17 AM CDT, 11 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1117 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-041200-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1117 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...NEAR AND
AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AND IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS
WILL BE IN PLACE...WITH THESE STORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AS THEY
MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS. THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AS THEY MOVE INTO THESE
AREAS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. AS
THESE STORMS DEVELOP INTO ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THIS
EVENING...A PREDOMINANTLY DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL MATERIALIZE
OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA AS THESE STORMS
ACCELERATE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT
AS THE STORMS EXIT THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO MUCH
OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE
RETURNS NORTH AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL
CROSS THE ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:57 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
957 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

ARZ061-070>072-040400-
COLUMBIA-LAFAYETTE-MILLER-NEVADA-
957 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...MILLER AND NEVADA...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BODCAW...BRADLEY...BUCKNER...BUSSEY...CANFIELD...LEWISVILLE...
     MAGNOLIA...MCNEIL...ROSSTON...SMITHLAND...STAMPS...WALDO AND
     WILLISVILLE...

AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CANFIELD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LEWISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

05

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:59 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
959 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0955 PM     HAIL             TALCO                   33.36N  95.10W
04/03/2014  E0.75 INCH       TITUS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400205

MDV

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 10:12 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1012 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

ARZ050-051-059-060-OKZ077-TXZ096-040415-
HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-SEVIER-
1012 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
     MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     RED RIVER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     ARKINDA...CENTER POINT...CORINTH...DE QUEEN...DIERKS...
     GILLHAM...HORATIO...LOCKESBURG...NASHVILLE...UMPIRE...WINTHROP
     AND IDABEL...

AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF IDABEL...OR 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:34 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1034 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0946 PM     TORNADO          5 NNW MOUNT VERNON      33.24N  95.25W
04/03/2014                   FRANKLIN           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BARN MOVED OFF FOUNDATION AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
            WHITE OAK CREEK BOTTOM

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400206

MDV

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

1034 PM     HAIL             DE KALB                 33.51N  94.62W
04/03/2014  E1.00 INCH       BOWIE              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400207

MDV

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:36 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1036 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

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

1035 PM     HAIL             PITTSBURG               33.00N  94.97W
04/03/2014  E0.75 INCH       CAMP               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400208

MDV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus	48 min
Apr 3, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur and 1 more	56 min
Apr 3, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River, Titus	39 min
Apr 3, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	67 min
Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Smith, Upshur, Wood	60 min
Apr 3, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	66 min
Apr 4, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 1 more	54 min
Apr 4, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	67 min
Apr 4, 4:10 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada, Union	35 min
Apr 3, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	49 min
Apr 3, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Union	55 min
Apr 4, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.