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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1991, 5:00 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. 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
- Jun 15, 1991, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1991, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kosciusko County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Kosciusko, 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 152201 TORSBN INC085-152230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 500 PM EST SAT JUN 15 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...KOSCUISKO COUNTY AT 455 PM EST...THE INDIANA STATE POLICE CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR WARSAW INDIANA...31 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WINONA LAKE AND PIERCETON INDIANA. 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 SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. SHIELDS
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, Jun 15, 3:07 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
INZALL-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 PM EST SAT JUN 15 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE WATCH AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KENTLAND...TO KNOX...TO LA PORTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GARY...RENNSELAER...VALPRAISO... AND CROWN POINT. AT 300 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA NEAR CROWN POINT AND VALPRAISO. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF MOROCCO...WHICH IS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN EXT_REME NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SBH
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:43 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ009-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...WARM SPELL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST SAT JUN 15 1991 AT 250 PM EST...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 91 DEGREES. THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORED AT INDIANAPOLIS SINCE SEPTEMBER 6 1990 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 92 DEGREES. THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR TODAY IS 94 DEGREES SET IN 1952 AND REPEATED IN 1954. THAT RECORD IS PROBABLY SAFE... ALTHOUGH OUR TEMPERATURE WILL LIKELY RAISE ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON. SO FAR IN JUNE...OUR DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 72.4 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WE HAVE HAD ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPRATURES ON ALL BUT 4 DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL...AT LEAST TEMPORAIRLY TO MORE NORMAL SEASAONAL VALUES TOMORROW AND MONDAY WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S AND LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 60S. THE 30 DAY OUTLOOK FOR MID JUNE THROUGH MID JULY CALLS FOR A RETURN OF THE WARM SPELL WITH CENTRAL INDIANA TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO AVERAGE WARMER THEN NORMAL. CT
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:31 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INZALL-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST SAT JUN 15 1991 THERE ARE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT IN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE...TO INDIANAPOLIS...TO WINCHESTER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...GARY...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... LAFAYETTE...AND INDIANAPOLIS. AT 425 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH BEND TO KENTLAND...WHICH IS 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BY 5 PM EST THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWNS OF WOLCOTT AND MONON. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SBH
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:59 PM EST, 1 minute before
INZALL-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 455 PM EST SAT JUN 15 1991 THERE ARE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT IN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE...TO INDIANAPOLIS...TO WINCHESTER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...GARY...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... LAFAYETTE...AND INDIANAPOLIS. AT 450 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL NEAR MONON INDIANA...WHICH IS 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WINDS OF NEAR 50 MPH IN THE LAKE SHAFER AREA...INCLUDING INDIANA BEACH. PEOPLE AT AND NEAR LAKE SHAFER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BY 530 PM EST THE STORM SHOULD BE NEAR ROYAL CENTER...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 43 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.