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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 1991Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 9:10 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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, 9:10 PM EST (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 1991, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Mar 27, 9:15 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Wayne, IN
Mar 27, 9:15 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Wayne, IN
Mar 27, 9:15 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Wayne, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 280211
TORIND
INC177-280245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
910 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM EST RADAR SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RICHMOND. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE TOWNS
OF WILLIAMSBURG...AND WEBSTER.
 
PERSONS IN THE AREA AROUND THESE TOWNS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
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, 5:51 PM EST, 3 hours 19 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, 3 hours 11 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, 2 hours 58 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, 59 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, 36 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, 14 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

The office that day

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, 9:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry	28 min
Mar 27, 9:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Wayne	34 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.