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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 27, 1991Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 8:45 PM EST for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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, 8:45 PM EST (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1991, 9:30 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 9:10 PM ESTHail 2Fulton, OH
Mar 27, 9:31 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Fulton, 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, 1.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1991-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1991-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 280129
SVRTOL
OHC051-280230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
830 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE FROM 845 PM UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      FULTON

AT 830 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAGINAW MICHIGAN TO NEAR FT.
WAYNE INDIANA.  THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL ENTER THE WESTERN PART
OF FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO BY 845 PM. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MURPHY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:59 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEFulton46 min
Mar 27, 9:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Lucas51 min
Mar 27, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam46 min
Mar 27, 9:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock54 min
Mar 27, 9:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood56 min
Mar 27, 10:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca59 min
Mar 27, 10:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron68 min
Mar 27, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain59 min
Mar 27, 11:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga67 min
Mar 27, 11:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain75 min
Mar 27, 11:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina66 min
Mar 27, 11:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake65 min
Mar 27, 11:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga67 min
Mar 28, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit, Wayne60 min
Mar 28, 12:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Stark69 min
Mar 28, 12:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula53 min
Mar 28, 12:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.