The big weather-related story in New Mexico this morning is the series of tornadoes that struck the eastern part of the state last evening. This is from AP via the Santa Fe New Mexican:
A series of storms, producing at least 13 tornadoes, destroyed buildings and injured at least a dozen people, several critically, in an area along New Mexico’s border with Texas, police said.
The worst damage was reported in Logan and Clovis, communities about 80 miles apart, police said.
The tornadoes, which were reported during a 5-hour period Friday, damaged several buildings, downed power lines and sparked a fire, Clovis police Lt. James Schoeffel said.
Thirteen people from that area were hospitalized at the Plains Regional Medical Center with injuries. Five were in critical condition with head trauma, said Liz Crouch, the center’s chief operating officer.
As of 10:27 AM see if you can find anything about the storms on The Albuquerque Journal web site home page. Click to enlarge.
I’ve read that southerly Eastern NM is the safest place in the USA for natural problems. No earthquakes, seldom do hurricanes reach north or blizzards south, no floods, rarely tornadoes, not much to burn – your volcanoes are old. Plus, you got a big-ass cave to hide in!
Here’s hoping that Alford has a better time of it with the Lobos than he did with our alma mater. He just never seemed like the right fit. Oh, yeah… the tornadoes. Nope, didn’t see anything of them on that page.