Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1987, 11:15 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 26, 1987, 11:15 PM MDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1987, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:05 AM MDT | Tornado F0 | Otero, NM |
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
El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 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 KELP 270515
TORELP
NMC035-270615-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1115 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM MDT AND A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
...CENTRAL OTERO
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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, Jun 26, 7:13 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 612 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1987 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY OF EL PASO.. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EL PASO COUNTY APPEAR TO BE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST..MODERATE RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED THE LAST FEW MINUTES IN EAST EL PASO. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS..ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO ANOTHER HAZARD USUALLY PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSAPATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 712 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1987 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY OF EL PASO.. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EL PASO COUNTY APPEAR TO BE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST..MODERATE RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED THE LAST FEW MINUTES IN EAST EL PASO. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS..ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO ANOTHER HAZARD USUALLY PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSAPATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes in 1987
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.