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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this rip current statement at May 23, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at May 23, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
280 WHUS44 KBRO 230900 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 400 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-231700- /O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0004.150523T1200Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 400 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY BECOMING A HIGH RISK TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ CASTILLO
7 follow-up statements
152 WHUS44 KBRO 231515 AAA CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-232300- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY BECOMING A HIGH RISK TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
827 WHUS44 KBRO 240032 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 732 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-240945- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 732 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
157 WHUS44 KBRO 240939 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 439 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-241800- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 439 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
134 WHUS44 KBRO 241833 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 133 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY. AS A RESULT THE SEAS WILL BUILD OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-250300- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 133 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
022 WHUS44 KBRO 250248 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 948 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. AS A RESULT THE SEAS WILL BUILD OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY AS THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-251100- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 948 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
127 WHUS44 KBRO 251044 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 544 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. AS A RESULT THE SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEMORIAL DAY AS THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND PREVAILS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. TXZ251-256-257-251900- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 544 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
330 WHUS44 KBRO 251902 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 202 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS FOR THE REST OF MEMORIAL DAY... .MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A COMBINATION OF SOMEWHAT ROUGH SURF AND A STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT FOR ALL OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. TXZ251-256-257-260500- /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150526T0500Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 202 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING LONGSHORE CURRENTS FROM SCHLITTERBAHN BEACH RESORT NORTH THROUGH THE PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS...AND ALONG THE SHORE TO THE PORT MANSFIELD JETTIES WILL QUICKLY MOVE UNPREPARED SWIMMERS NORTHWARD...AND IN SOME CASES OUTWARD...IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCATIONS FOR RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE NEAR SCHLITTERBAHN BEACH RESORT...NEAR CLAYTON'S BEACH BAR...AND AT PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS FROM ANDY BOWIE PARK NORTHWARD. ALL AREAS WILL HAVE RAPID NORTHWARD FLOW AND CHOPPY SURF. POOR SWIMMERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN KNEE DEEP OR LESS WATER...AND OTHERS SHOULD BRING A FLOTATION DEVICE SUCH AS A BOOGIE BOARD WITH ROPE AND A LIFE JACKET WHEN VENTURING OUT INTO THE SURF. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN AN OUTWARD MOVING RIP OR LONGSHORE CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 60 hr | |
| May 23, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 30 hr |
| May 23, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 65 min |
| May 23, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 36 min |
| May 23, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo | 56 min |
| May 23, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 62 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.