Tornado, Lea
- When
- May 23, 12:05 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -103.180
Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 23, 1987
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lea
- When
- May 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -103.180
Hail, Otero
- When
- May 23, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Otero County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -106.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Otero
- When
- May 23, 9:06 PM CST
- Where
- Otero County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -105.730
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 23, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, May 23, 1987
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 23, 1987
- Hail in Wyoming, May 23, 1987
- Hail in Texas, May 23, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, May 23, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 1987
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1987Warnings in New Mexico, May 1987
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: 10075842, 10075843, 10075844, 10075845.