Tornado, Otero
- When
- May 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Otero County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -105.970
Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 27, 1982
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lea
- When
- May 27, 5:13 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.130
Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 27, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -104.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- May 27, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -104.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lea
- When
- May 27, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -103.220
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1982
- Tornado in Florida, May 27, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 27, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 27, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 27, 1982
- Hail in Alabama, May 27, 1982
- Hail in Indiana, May 27, 1982
- Hail in West Virginia, May 27, 1982
- Hail in Mississippi, May 27, 1982
- Hail in Wyoming, May 27, 1982
- Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 1982
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10074673, 10074674, 10074675, 10074676, 10074677.