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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1991, 8:05 PM EST for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1991, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1991, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huntington County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 310105
TORFWA
INC069-310130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
805 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
NORTHEAST HUNTINGTON
AT 800 PM EST A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A SKYWARN SPOTTER
18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR JUST SOUTH OF HUNTINGTON IN
NORTHEAST INDIANA.
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION FROM TORNADO.
IF POSSIBLE GET UNDER A STURDY TABLE OR WORK BENCH.
IN A HOME WITHOUT A BASEMENT...GO TO THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET INTO A CLOSET...INTERIOR HALL...OR UNDER
HEAVY FURNITURE. COVER YOURSELF WITH A HEAVY BLANKET OR SIMILAR
OBJECT.
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.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, May 30, 2:20 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
INZ001-002-302015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 220 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MICHIANA... AT 2 15 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA IN A LINE ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE FROM JUST SOUTH OF CROWN POINT INDIANA ...ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND...TO 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. MOWERY
Special weather statement, May 30, 2:23 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 220 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991 AT 216 PM EST... 316 PM EDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE... NEAR MERRIAM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE AUBURN AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. AT 216 PM EST... 316 PM EDT... OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE... NEAR AUBURN. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:32 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 325 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST... AT 3 25 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WESTVILLE INDIANA...35 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND...THROUGH LA PORTE INDIANA...TO WAKARUSA INDIANA...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. \ BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MW
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:42 PM EST, 23 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-310130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 740 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST... AT 730 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM LAPORTE...THROUGH SOUTH BEND...AND THEN TO OSCEOLA INDIANA...OR FROM 18 MILES WEST TO 11 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE NEAR BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH BENTON HARBOR...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...AND NILES BY 830 PM EST/930 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 4 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.