Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 1991, 12:27 AM EST for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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 23, 1991, 12:27 AM EST (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1991, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:48 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warren, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 230527 TORIND INC045-165-171-230600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1227 AM EST SAT MAR 23 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...FOUNTAIN COUNTY...NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY ...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY AT 1225 AM EST THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS COVINGTON. PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE BUILDING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO A0REAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Mar 22, 7:17 PM EST, 5 hours 10 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, 4 hours 54 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, 4 hours 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, 1 hour 39 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
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:48 PM EST, 39 minutes before
INZALL-230600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1145 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. A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL REACH THE WESTERN BORDER OF INDIANA FROM CROWN POINT TO 25 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AT MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST THUNDERSHOWERS...PARTICULARLY AROUND RENSSELAER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO RACE QUICKLY NORTHEAST AND SPREAD OVER SOUTH BEND AND LAFAYETTE BEFORE 100 AM EST. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 12:19 AM EST, 8 minutes before
INZ007-008-230600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1215 AM EST SAT MAR 23 1991 AT 1210 AM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF PERRYSVILLE...COVINGTON AND WILLIAMSPORT BY 1 AM EST. PERSONS IN THE AREA NEAR THESE TOWNS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 5)0 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 23 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.