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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 1991Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 3:45 AM EST for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 1991, 4:15 AM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 27, 3:45 AM EST	Hail 0.75	Berrien, 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 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 27, 1:56 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:16 AM EST, 29 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 5:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	LaPorte	39 min
Mar 27, 6:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jasper, White	29 min
Mar 27, 6:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	White	30 min
Mar 27, 6:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke	37 min
Mar 27, 6:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	35 min
Mar 27, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Saint Joseph	46 min
Mar 27, 6:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Cass	34 min
Mar 27, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Simpson	31 min
Mar 27, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Allen	46 min
Mar 27, 5:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hart	38 min
Mar 27, 6:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Berrien	26 min
Mar 27, 6:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Berrien	32 min
Mar 27, 6:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Cass	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1991 Every 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.