Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 9:17 PM EST for Hancock County, Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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, 9:17 PM EST (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hancock, IN | |
| Mar 27, 9:22 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Henry, IN | |
| Mar 27, 9:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hancock, IN |
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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 536 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 687 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
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
Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:59 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
558 PM EST WED MAR 27 1990
TIME LOCATION
555 PM EST INDIANA STATE POLICE RELAYED A REPORT OF LARGE HAIL
11/2 TO 2 INCH DnIAMETER HAIL IN NORTHEAST GARY AND
PORTAGE NEAR THE TOLL ROAD.Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:12 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
INZ001>010-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 PM EST MAR 27 1991 AT 605 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN BENTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYTTE NEAR THE TOWNS OF FREE AND ENOS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN. THE TOWNS OF KENTS...ROSELAWN...FOWLER AND GOODLAND WERE THE PATH OF THxESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THESE TOWNS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. WJG
Local storm report, Mar 27, 8:11 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
810 PM EST WED MAR 27 1990
TIME LOCATION
752 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUSTS OF 81 MILES
AN HOUR AT WESpTFIELD IN CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY...NORTH
OF INDIANAPOLIS.Local storm report, Mar 27, 8:34 PM EST, 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
835 PM EST WED MAR 27 1990
TIME LOCATION
828 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A GARAGE BLOWN DOWN ON ST RD 9 SOUTHWEST
OF SUMMITVILLE...15 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON. ALSO THE POWER
IS OUT IN SUMMITVILLE.
830 PM EST POWER IS REPORTED OUT IN HOWARD COUNTY...REPORT BY THE
STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
831 PM EST PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF MUNCIE ON ST RD 28
BY ROUTE 35....ABOUT 5 MILES N OF MUNCIE.
CURRANLocal storm report, Mar 27, 8:56 PM EST, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EST WED MAR 27 1990
TIME LOCATION
800 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SCHOOL ROOF WAS DAMAGED AROUND 8 PM
EST AT 6800 AND ZIONSVILLE ROAD IN NORTHWEST INDIANAPOLIS.
850 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA.
THE POWER WAS OUT...TREES AND UTILITY POLES DOWN AND
THERE WAS DAMAGE TO SMALL BARNS.
CURRANSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 9:12 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 8:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 8:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 9:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 9:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Saint Joseph | 32 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.