Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 8:46 PM EST for Blackford County, Grant County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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, 8:46 PM EST (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Blackford, IN | |
| Mar 27, 9:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Grant, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 280146
TORFWA
INC009-053-280215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
846 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
BLACKFORD...EASTERN GRANT
AT 846 PM EST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR MARION MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST AT 50 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE TOWN HARTFORD CITY INDIANA
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER.
A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION FROM TORNADO.
IF POSSIBLE GET UNDER A STURDY TABLE OR WORK BENCH.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER TIED DOWN OR NOT...
ABANDON IT!!!! GO TO A COMMUNITY SHELTER...REINFORCED BUILDING...
OR GET INTO A DITCH...DEPRESSION OR CULVERT.
MARSHALLWhat 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, 4:58 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 500 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON A LINE FROM PONTIAC ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CHICAGO AREA...AND THEN NORTH ACROSS WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT A RAPID 50 TO 60 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WOULD BRING THE STORMS TO THE MICHIANA AREA BETWEEN 630PM AND 730PM EST. HOWEVER... OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE CURRENT LINE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRENCES INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL MICHIANA RESIDENTS MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNIN G THIS DEVELOPING DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MCCLUNG
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 530 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 525 PM EST THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE FROM CHICAGO INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL AROUND 700 PM EST.7 STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. HAYES
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:43 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 544 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 5 35 PM EST. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT MANTENO ILLINOIS...10 MILES NORTH OF KANKAKEE AT 5 10 EST. THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE ILLINOIS...INDIANA BORDER AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN LAPORTE COUNTY INDIANA BETWEEN 5 AND 530 PM CST...6 TO 630 PM EST. V IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL MICHIANA RESIDENTS MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MOWERY
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:25 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 625 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA. AT 620 PM EST THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO MICHIGAN CITY. 65 MPH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE BEING REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL AFTER 700 PM. NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE ON A PLACE OF SHELTER. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING IS BEST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. DUMEYER
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:20 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-280115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 715 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAPORTE...STARKE...AND PULASKI COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED TO THE EAST OF LAPORTE...STARKE...AND PULASKI COUNTIES OF INDIANA. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAD REPORTS OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AT HAMLET INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH STILL IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:24 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 723 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA. AT 715 PM EST THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAGRANGE AND NOBLE COUNTIES BY 745 PM AND BY 815 PM EST...THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM ANGOLA OR 55 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE...TO COLUMBIA CITY...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO WABASH...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. DUMEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 26 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.