Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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1969: Alvin Woodburn, Clovis’ official weather watcher, had recorded 1.27 inches of rain for the month, all of it coming July 5, most of it coming in about 15 minutes.
Temperatures dropped 20 degrees during the day’s downpour, which also saw dust, high winds, lightning and cars stalling in the streets “which ran deep with water,” according to the Clovis News-Journal.
The storm hit about 6 p.m.; the skies grew so dark the city’s automatic street lights came on until the rain passed.
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