Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- August 15, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -102.200
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 15, 1987
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Andrews
- When
- August 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -102.730
Tornado, Lynn
- When
- August 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -101.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Garza
- When
- August 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -101.470
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 15, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 1987
- Hail in Utah, August 15, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 15, 1987
- Hail in Wyoming, August 15, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 15, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, August 15, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 15, 1987
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: 10143414, 10143415, 10143416, 10143417.