NOW THAT WE’RE INTO MARCH, THE CHANCES GO UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THE MOST RECENT SIGNIFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IN THE STATE WAS IN CURRY COUNTY IN MARCH OF 2007. HE SAYS THAT WAS THE LAST KILLER STATE IN NEW MEXICO, KILLING TWO AND INJURING 33 IN CLOVIS.
JONES SAYS THERE WAS EVEN A RARE TORNADO IN ALBUQUERQUE IN LATE MARCH OF 1970 THAT STRUCK SOUTH OF THE SUNPORT.
