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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 1991Hancock County, Henry County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 9:20 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Hancock, IN
Mar 27, 9:22 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Henry, IN
Mar 27, 9:25 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Hancock, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1991-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 448 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1991-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 536 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

CURRAN
Local 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.

CURRAN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 9:12 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko31 min
Mar 27, 7:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami34 min
Mar 27, 7:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison38 min
Mar 27, 8:07 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMadison38 min
Mar 27, 8:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware39 min
Mar 27, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison30 min
Mar 27, 9:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWayne35 min
Mar 27, 9:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne34 min
Mar 27, 7:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Saint Joseph32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1991Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.