Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1991, 11:16 PM EST for Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 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 22, 1991, 11:16 PM EST (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1991, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 11:25 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Berrien, MI | |
| Mar 22, 11:30 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Cass, MI |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 22, 7:06 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
INZ011>013-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 600 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD... WITH ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...ELIZABETHTOWN ...GRAMMAR AND SCIPIO BETWEEN 615 AND 630 PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LCAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:12 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
INZ011>013-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 700 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD... WITH ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. JUST AFTER 7 PM EST...ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR AT WAYMANSVILLE OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...ELIZABETHTOWN ...GRAMMAR AND SCIPIO BETWEEN 615 AND 630 PM EST. . THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND MOSTLY SMALL HAIL. . REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT ...CORRMECTED TIME AND ADDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:17 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
INZ011>013-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 700 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD... WITH ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. JUST AFTER 7 PM EST...ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR AT WAYMANSVILLE OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...ELIZABETHTOWN ...GRAMMAR AND SCIPIO BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM EST. . THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND MOSTLY SMALL HAIL. . REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT ...CORRSECTED TIME IN THE BODY OF THE STATEMENT...
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:33 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
INZ012-013-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 732 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 725 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTH AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO NEAR RUSHVILLE AND ANDERSONVILLE BY 750 PM EST. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR... AND MOSTLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WIlTH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 8:27 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
INZALL-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 825 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA... THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHEAST INDIANA AT 815 PM. STRONG STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND GREENFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD NEW CASTLE AND WILL BE IN THE NEW CASTLE AREA BY 900 PM. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WAS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA FROM GREENCASTLE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE TO INDIANAPOLIS. THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. DS
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 10:48 PM EST, 28 minutes before
INZALL-230500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THAT BORDERS NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 3AM EST. AT 1045 PM EST NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DETECTED FROM ABOUT BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS ARE ALIGNED ALONG A SHARP COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THESE THUNDERSHOWERS COULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THE MOVE QUICKLY EAST AND NORTHEAST. AS HOOSIERS RETIRE FOR THE EVENING THAT MAY WISH TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ATMOSPHERE STILL REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SOME STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 12:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 23 min |
| Mar 22, 7:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan | 21 min |
| Mar 22, 7:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Simpson, Warren | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 7:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 118 min |
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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.