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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 18, 2017McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2017, 11:42 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 18, 2017, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2017, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 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 18, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 271 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: 1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 16.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

425 
WUUS54 KTSA 190442
SVRTSA
OKC091-121-190530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0274.170519T0442Z-170519T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1142 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern McIntosh County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1230 AM CDT

* At 1142 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ashland,
  moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Mcalester...                      Eufaula...
  Krebs...                          Kiowa...
  Savanna...                        Crowder...
  Alderson...                       Canadian...
  Indianola...                      Hanna...
  Ashland...                        Haywood...
  Blocker...                        Arrowhead State Park...
  Scipio...                         Blanco...
  Pittsburg...                      Arpelar...
  Dow...                            Bache...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3505 9609
      3506 9607 3509 9606 3512 9603 3512 9601
      3515 9601 3515 9598 3521 9598 3533 9546
      3503 9550 3503 9551 3495 9551 3459 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 227DEG 46KT 3477 9609 

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

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2 follow-up statements

024 
WWUS54 KTSA 190516
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1216 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

OKC091-190525-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-170519T0530Z/
McIntosh OK-
1216 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3504 9596
      3503 9551 3495 9551 3459 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 234DEG 70KT 3481 9583 

$$

OKC121-190530-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-170519T0530Z/
Pittsburg OK-
1216 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...

At 1215 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Savanna,
moving northeast at 80 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations in or near the path include...
Mcalester...                      Krebs...
Kiowa...                          Savanna...
Alderson...                       Haywood...
Blanco...                         Pittsburg...
Arpelar...                        Dow...
Bache...                          

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3504 9596
      3503 9551 3495 9551 3459 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 234DEG 70KT 3481 9583 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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743 
WWUS54 KTSA 190531
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1231 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

OKC121-190541-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-170519T0530Z/
Pittsburg OK-
1231 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3504 9596
      3503 9551 3495 9551 3459 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 227DEG 46KT 3495 9565 

$$

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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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 9:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 9:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
919 PM CDT Thu May 18 2017

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
Strong to severe thunderstorms continue this evening with heavy
rainfall occurring in the stronger clusters. A marginal wind/hail
threat will likely persist into the overnight hours as storms
progress eastward into instability axis. In addition, given the
rainfall rates, the threat for localized flash flooding will also
be possible.

A quick look at the latest 00Z NAM indicates another round of
severe thunderstorms late Friday afternoon into Friday night.
Flash flooding could become a major concern, especially given the
rainfall that is ongoing. Update out shortly given latest radar
trends.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flash Flood Watch through Saturday morning for OKZ054>067-070-
     071.

AR...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...12

Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 4:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
455 PM CDT Thu May 18 2017

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-191145-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
455 PM CDT Thu May 18 2017

...SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL INCREASES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES
INTO FRIDAY...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This evening through Tonight.

TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
 	AREA...West of highway 75.
    ONSET...after 6 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and to a lesser extent Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...after 6 PM.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...after midnight.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...after 6 PM.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
	ONSET...ongoing.

DISCUSSION...

An enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms is forecast by early
evening into tonight across Eastern Oklahoma. Very large hail, in
excess of 2 inches in diameter, damaging winds and isolated
tornadoes are possible, with the greatest risk northwest of Tulsa. A
slight risk of severe storms is forecast for Western Arkansas late
tonight. Damaging winds and marginally severe hail would be the main
threats, mainly after midnight.

Strong to severe storms have develop this afternoon over western and
central Oklahoma.  These storms are expected to move east into the
region early this evening. The best chance for discrete surface
based cells, and thus the highest tornado and largest hail threat,
will be to the west of highway 75 this evening.

Storms are expected to gradually grow into clusters or lines this
evening as they move deeper into Eastern Oklahoma. Damaging winds
and large hail would be the main threats. An isolated tornado could
occur with any bowing line segments.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind
                        Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
SUNDAY...No Hazards.
MONDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential.
TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

Another round of strong to severe storms are expected Friday into
early Saturday as upper level system approaches the region.
Storms will fire along the dryline and cold front, becoming more
numerous with time. All modes of severe will be possible,
especially early when storms are more discrete, with storms again
merging into a line as they move east. Severe threat will
transition to more of a wind and heavy rain/flooding threat as
the night goes on. Convection will linger into Saturday while
gradually weakening, across northwest Arkansas and southeast
Oklahoma.

A system dropping through the region in northwest flow will bring
another round of storm potential Monday and Tuesday. A limited
risk for severe weather can be expected with this system.

weather.gov/tulsa Contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 10:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1024 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

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

1020 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIXBY                   35.94N 95.88W
05/18/2017  E60 MPH          TULSA              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JDS

Local storm report, May 18, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1028 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE SCIPIO             35.10N 95.91W
05/18/2017                   PITTSBURG          OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE DOWNED OVER INDIAN NATION TURNPIKE. SOUTHBOUND
            TRAFFIC BEING DIVERTED.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, May 18, 11:00 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

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

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAGONER                 35.96N 95.37W
05/18/2017                   WAGONER            OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CAR FLIPPED, DAMAGE TO PHILLIPS 66 GAS STATION. POSSIBLE
            TORNADO

&&

JDS

Local storm report, May 18, 11:29 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1129 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

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

1040 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MUSKOGEE                35.75N 95.37W
05/18/2017                   MUSKOGEE           OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF WHISPERING PINES APARTMENTS. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

KAH

Local storm report, May 18, 11:34 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1134 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

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

1039 PM     TSTM WND GST     PORTER                  35.87N 95.52W
05/18/2017  M86 MPH          WAGONER            OK   MESONET

&&

JDS

Local storm report, May 18, 11:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1142 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

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

1030 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SSE HASKELL           35.75N 95.64W
05/18/2017  M67 MPH          MUSKOGEE           OK   MESONET

&&

JDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	43 min
May 18, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	32 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	45 min
May 18, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	24 min
May 18, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	35 min
May 18, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	42 min
May 18, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	48 min
May 18, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	115 min
May 18, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner	24 min
May 18, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 18, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	49 min
May 18, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	25 min
May 18, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	65 min
May 18, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	42 min
May 18, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	36 min
May 18, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh	30 min
May 18, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	57 min
May 18, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	38 min
May 18, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	37 min
May 18, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	47 min
May 18, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	38 min
May 18, 10:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers	3 hr
May 18, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more	48 min
May 18, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	45 min
May 18, 11:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	44 min
May 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	48 min
May 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	48 min
May 18, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware, Sequoyah	59 min
May 18, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	43 min
May 18, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	41 min
May 18, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	42 min
May 18, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	62 min
May 19, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	44 min
May 19, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	34 min
May 19, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	23 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	62 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	71 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	38 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	71 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	4 days
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 days
May 19, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	33 min
May 19, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	23 min
May 19, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	27 min
May 19, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	43 min
May 19, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	26 min
May 19, 2:21 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	3 days
May 19, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	41 min
May 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	29 min
May 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
May 19, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	29 min
May 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Okmulgee, Wagoner	30 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	119 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	2 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	51 min
May 19, 6:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	8 hr
May 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Wagoner	60 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	26 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	62 min

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.