SUNDAY NIGHT'S THUNDERSTORM WAS SEVERE FOR SOME PARTS OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO … NO SO FOR OTHER. THEY WERE INTENSE ENOUGH TO KNOCK OUT POWER TO MORE THAN 15 HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS IN LOS LUNAS … AND MORE IN OTHER PARTS OF VALENCIA COUNTY. SANTA FE AND THE EAST MOUNTAINS ALSO HAD STORM RELATED OUTAGES.
BUT IT WAS EVEN WORSE IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE RESIDENTS OF ALCALDE AND VELARDE WERE URGED TO EVACUATE BECAUSE OF FLOODING. THE HAIL FROZE OVER HIGHWAY 68 INTO TAOS.
