Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 1987, 3:51 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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
- Sep 10, 1987, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1987, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 4:15 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Eddy, NM | |
| Sep 10, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Eddy, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Sep 10, 10:38 AM MDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1140 AM CDT THU SEP 10 1987 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OF MIDLAND... AT 1130 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF MIDLAND AND NEAR GARDEN CITY MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN MIDLAND AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR ANY RAPID CHANGES IN THE LOCAL WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM FORT DAVIS EAST TO FORT STOCKTON AND OZONA MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES.
Local storm report, Sep 10, 10:53 AM MDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
DELAYED LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1145 AM CDT THU SEP 10 1987
REPORTS FOR 9/9/87
TIME COUNTY EVENT
2200 CST DAWSON CO TXC115 3 TO 4 TORNADOES SIGHTED AROUND THE
LAMESA AREA BY PD & SHERIFF'S OFC
DURING A 45 MIN PERIOD AS STORM PASSED
OVER LAMESA. ALSO HAD GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL.
2240 CST DAWSON CO TXC115 PUBLIC RPTD TORNADO SE OF LAMESA BTWN
LAMESA AND ACKERLY OFF HIGHWAY 87.
2400 CST HOWARD CO TXC227 SHERIFF'S OFC RPTD WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
IN BIG SPRING.Special weather statement, Sep 10, 2:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 345 PM CDT THU SEP 10 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS... AT 325 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO TO ALPINE AND MARFA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN YOUR LOCAL WEATHER. RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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.