Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1991, 9:09 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1991, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1991, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 310110 TORCLE OHC077-310215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 909 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...HURON COUNTY AROUND 9 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WEST OF ATTICA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT HURON COUNTY... ESPECIALLY WILLARD. IF WEATHER IS THREATENING TAKE COVER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR" AND PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, May 30, 5:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 528 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 520 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OVER WYANDOT COUNTY EAST OF CAREY AND OVER HENRY COUNTY NEAR NAPOLEON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 25 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CB
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 531 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 520 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OVER WYANDOT COUNTY EAST OF CAREY AND OVER HENRY COUNTY NEAR NAPOLEON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 25 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CB CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ006-011-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 540 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY..10 MILES WEST OF LOUDENVILLE..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE BRIEF FLLODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THRU NORTHERN HOLMES )COUNTY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. FK
Local storm report, May 30, 5:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
547 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991
TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 515PM
TYPE OF EVENT.. WIND
LOCATION OF EVENT.. AT SARAHSVILLE...10 MILES NE OF CALDWELL..NOBLE
COUNTY
INJURIES.. 0
DEATHS.. 0 j
NOBLE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SOME TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF
SARAHSVILLE.
THOMPSON
{Special weather statement, May 30, 6:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ011-310030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 632 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 620 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALVE OF BOTH CRAWFORD AND RICHLAND COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ASHLAND COUNTY BY 645 PM EDT. SOME OF THIS STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTHER IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT. CY NNNN
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZALL-310000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 648 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL TEN O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... BRYAN... FREMONT... FINDLAY... BELLEFOUNTAINE... CELINA AND PAULDING. AT 630 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CITIES OF SANDUSKY AND VERMILION SOUTH TO NEAR MANSFIELD. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF MILAN... BETWEEN VERMILION AND OBERLIN AND NORTH OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING MAINLY EAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO BETWEEN 520 PM AND 640 PM. ONLY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND A LITTLE WIND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE EAST SIDE OF CLEVELAND BY 730 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA AND THEY WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA DID PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 530 PM AND 630 PM EDT. PEOPLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISDSUED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PONDING OF WATHER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR MORE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 69 min |
| May 30, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca | 66 min |
| May 30, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 60 min |
| May 30, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 52 min |
| May 30, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 62 min |
| May 30, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 60 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.