Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1988

Tornado Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX

September 22, 1988Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 1988, 3:53 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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
Sep 22, 1988, 3:53 PM MDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1988, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 22, 5:00 PM MDTHail 0.75Otero, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero64 min
Sep 21, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth50 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.