Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1991, 10:30 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
- May 30, 1991, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1991, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Richland, OH | |
| May 30, 11:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ashland, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMFD 310230 TORMFD OHC005-139-310330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1030 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.S... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ASHLAND COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY AT 1028 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPT. AT LOGAN ROAD. LOGAN ROAD IS IN SOUTH MANSFIELD. THE TORNADO WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. 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 nSUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
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, 7:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ005-010-302335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 705 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 700 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CELINA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MERCER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM BUT NO DAMAGING WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST VAN WERT COUNTY BY 715 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT T.O RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THIS EVENING. PADGETT
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-310045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 745 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARION COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO. AT 745 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OHIO. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO JUST SOUTH OF LIMA... AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA OF CENTRAL OHIO NORTH OF COLUMBUS LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN... AND CLOSE TO... THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISIOFOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. GERARD
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-310045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 750 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARION COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO. AT 745 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OHIO. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO JUST SOUTH OF LIMA... AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA OF CENTRAL OHIO NORTH OF COLUMBUS LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN... AND CLOSE TO... THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON NTHE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. GERARD ...CORRECTED TYPO...
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
OHZ005-010-310115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 809 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALONG THE OHIO-INDIANA STATE LINE IN WESTERN VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO WHICH IS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA AT 805 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING EAST FROM MARION INDIANA INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS UNTIL AROUND 900 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, May 30, 9:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZ006-007-009-011-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 926 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARION COUNTY. AT 925 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND HAIL FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD TO NEAR RIDGEWAY IN HARDIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK THROUGH MARION COUNTY BETWEEN BY 1015 PM... WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PASSING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN MARION COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLA}CE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 65 min |
| May 30, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 48 min |
| May 30, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 4 hr |
| May 31, 1:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Allen | 4 hr |
| May 31, 2:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 4 hr |
| May 31, 6:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 2 hr |
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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.