Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 10:07 PM EST for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1991, 10:07 PM EST (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 10:40 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Erie, OH | |
| Mar 27, 10:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 280304 SVRCLE OHC043-077-280415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1007 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT TEN THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST OHIO TOWARD ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES BETWEEN 10:15 AND 10:30 THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. ECKERT
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:46 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
OHZ006-011-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 845 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 AT 845 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TOLEDO...SOUTHWEST ALONG THE OHIO... INDIANA BORDER TO JUST WEST OF DAYTON. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. AT THIS RATE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO BY 1030 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED DAMGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OVER NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM THURSDAY MORNING... BANYAS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 9:38 PM EST, 29 minutes before
OHZ011-280545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 938 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EST... ...HIGH WIND WARNING OVERNIGHT... AT 930 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEASURED A WIND SPEED OF 60 MPH. WEATHER RADAR AT 930 PM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...EXTENDING FROM TOLEDO...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DAYTON. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL OHIO BY 1030 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING SO PEOPLE OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. BANYAS^ NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 8:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Fulton | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 9:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Lucas | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 9:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 9:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 10:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 11:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 11:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 75 min |
| Mar 27, 11:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 11:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 11:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark | 69 min |
| Mar 28, 12:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 12:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.