WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NEW MEXICO’S WEATHER, TORNADOES DON’T IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND. BUT THEY DO HAPPEN…AND THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THE LAST DEADLY TORNADO IN THE STATE WAS IN CLOVIS ON MARCH 23 OF 2007. HE SAYS IT WAS ALSO THE LAST TORNADO THAT OCCURRED IN NEW MEXICO IN MARCH.
JONES TELL 770 KKOB THAT NEW MEXICO AVERAGES ABOUT 9 TORNADOES PER YEAR…BUT LAST YEAR THERE WERE 14. AND HE SAYS EASTERN NEW MEXICO HAD MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN 2014 THAN THEY HAD IN KANSAS OR OKLAHOMA.
