Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 8:59 PM EST for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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, 8:59 PM EST (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:10 PM EST | Hail 2 | Fulton, OH | |
| Mar 27, 9:31 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fulton, 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, 2.0 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.
- 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 KTOL 280159 TORTOL OHC051-280245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 859 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...FULTON COUNTY NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN WILLIAMS COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO WERE RECIEVED AT THE WEATHER OFFICE AT AROUND 900 PM THIS STORM WAS IN FULTON COUNTY AT 900 PM. IF YOU ARE IN FULTON COUNTY TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. MURPHY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 13 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
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, 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, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 68 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.