DEVELOPING STORY AS IT HAPPENS ON KOAT DOT COM. MONSOON SEASON LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY IN NEW MEXICO AFTER SEVERAL TORNADO WARNINGS OVER THE WEEKEND. REPORTER JULIAN PONCE IS HERE TO SHOW US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. SO, GUYS, DURING MY TIME IN CLOVIS, MANY PEOPLE WONDERED HOW LONG THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAMAGING SIZED HAIL. I MEAN, WHICH RAISED QUESTIONS IF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE MONSOON SEASON. SO WHAT IS THE REST OF NEW MEXICO TO EXPECT WHEN IT DOES COME? DAYS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN CLOVIS BRINGING FLASH FLOODS AND BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. A METEOROLOGIST AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS IT HASN’T BEEN AN ISOLATED THING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. THE SEVERE WEATHER SEASON HAS BEEN MORE ACTIVE AND IT’S LEFT ITS MARK BY THE NEXT MORNING. WE SURVEYED THE REST OF THE DAMAGE, THE CARS WERE ALL BEAT UP, WINDSHIELDS BROKEN, THOUGH. MICHAEL ANAND WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THESE CONDITIONS ARE COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR. WHAT WE’VE HAD IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO THE LAST FEW DAYS, THAT’S NOT UNUSUAL. FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, KOAT CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOE DIAZ TELLS US ALBUQUERQUE SHOULD BE EXPECTING JULY TO BE THE MONTH OF MOISTURE. THAT’S TYPICALLY THE WETTEST MONTH WE SEE IN THE ENTIRE YEAR IN ALBUQUERQUE, 1.64IN OF RAIN ON AVERAGE. FLOODING ALSO A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IN BURN SCARS LIKE HERMITS, PEAK CALF CANYON. AND AS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE SNOW PACKS IN THE MOUNTAINS MELT. AND WE STILL HAVE A GOOD SNOWPACK UP IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO THAT’S STILL MELTING. AT THE SAME TIME, TEMPERATURES MAY BE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE, DIAZ SAYS. WE MAY NOTICE THE IMPACT OF THAT IN JULY. IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE COULD BE DRIER THAN NORMAL. THEN WE’RE HOPING FOR MORE NORMAL CONDITIONS INTO THE MONSOON SEASON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TELLS ME THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL AROUND STREAMS AND RIVERS WHICH ARE ELEVATED, WHICH THEY SAY OFFICIALS HAVEN’T SEEN IN A WHI