Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 6:56 PM EST for Carroll County, Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 6:56 PM EST (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:58 PM EST | Hail 1 | Carroll, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 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 272357 TORIND INC015-017-280030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 656 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...CARROLL COUNTY...CASS COUNTY AT 650 PM EST RADAR SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WHICH MAY BE PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 20 MILES MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM WAS HEADING TOWARD LOGANSPORT. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF YEOMAN...ROCKFIELD AND LOGANSPORT SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. WJG
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 27, 4:30 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
INZ001>010-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST MAR 27 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THAT PART OF THE STATE NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO ...COLUMBIA CITY...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 420 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER ILLINOIS FROM CHICAGO SOUTH TO NEAR PEORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR APPARTMENT IF A SEVERE STORM APPROACHES. SURFACE WINDS ARE GUSTING TO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WINDS OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN WINDS WELL OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR. WJG
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:16 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZ001>010-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST MAR 27 1991 AT 510 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KANKAKEE ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA BY 530 PM EST NEAR THE TOWNS OF ENOS..LAKE VILLAGE AND SCHNEIDER IN NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AN%D BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. WJG
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:45 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ001>010-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 544 PM EST MAR 27 1991 AT 540 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF OF BENTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA BY 6 PM EST BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF DUNN AND MOROCCO. THE THUNDERSHOWERS MAY BECOME THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THAT PART OF THE STATE N[ORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO ...COLUMBIA CITY...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. WJG
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:51 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ001>010-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 544 PM EST MAR 27 1991 AT 540 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF OF BENTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA BY 6 PM EST BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF DUNN AND MOROCCO. THE THUNDERSHOWERS MAY BECOME THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THAT PAR^T OF THE STATE NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO ...COLUMBIA CITY...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. WJG CORRECTION CHANGE EAST TO WEST FIRST LINE.
Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:59 PM EST, 57 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, 44 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
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 |
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.