Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1991, 2:48 PM EST for Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 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 30, 1991, 2:48 PM EST (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1991, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Noble County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Noble, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 KFWA 301948
SVRFWA
INC113-302045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
248 PM EST SUN JUN 30 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
NORTHERN NOBLE
AT 238 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
WEST OF ROME CITY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE CITY OF ROME CITY
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
RJBWhat 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:41 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ001-002MIZ001-007-301920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 1220 PM EST SUN JUN 30 1991 AT 1210 PM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTH EASTERN INDIANA, OVER NORTH WESTERN OHIO AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM STURGIS 50 MILES SOUTH OF KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN TO ADRIAN MICHIGAN...35 MILES SOUTH OF ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN TO 45 MILES WEST OFd TOLEDO OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CLICK
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:00 PM EST, 48 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-1604300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1210 PM EST SUN JUN 30 1991 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR MONGO INDIANA EAST TO 35 WEST OF TOLEDO OHIO OR NEAR MONTPILIER OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY R4AINFALL STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. BY 1PM EST/2PM EST THE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR ASHLEY INDIANA EAST TO 35 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO OR NEAR BRYAN OHIO. RJB
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:15 PM EST, 33 minutes before
MIZ001-302015 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 215 PM EST THU JUN 30 1990 AT 205 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM BRYAN OHIO...70 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO COLOMA MICHIGAN...40 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STURGIS MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL DANGEROUS LIGHTING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CLICK
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:25 PM EST, 23 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-1604300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 110 PM EST SUN JUN 30 1991 AT 110 PM EST/210 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR ORLAND INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BY 210PM EST/ 310 PM EDT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM HOWE INDIANA TO JUST SOUTH OF ANGOLA INDIANA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA. RJB
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:28 PM EST, 20 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-302020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 205 PM EST SUN JUN 30 1991 AT 2 PM EST/3 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR TOPEKA TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR EDGERTON OHIO. BY 3PM EST/4 PM EDT THE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA INDIANA TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF EDGERTON OHIO. HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE INDIANA STATE POLICE IN ANGOLA INDIANA. RJB CORRECTED HEADER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 33 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.